[caption id="attachment_2229" align="alignright" width="164"] Robert Ashby, European Communications Manager, Carestream Health[/caption] Only one more day to go until the start of ECR 2013. As you finalize your agenda at the show here are three final reasons to visit stand 211, Expo B: Streamlined Mammography Workflow - See
Read More[caption id="attachment_4029" align="alignleft" width="144"] Anton Graule, Carestream Sales and Business Development Manager, Europe[/caption] We’re going to focus on digital capture as being the second important topic that will be a strong focal point at ERC 2013. From mobile DR, to detectors focused on pediatric patients, the
Read MoreThis time last year we posted on social media at ECR with lots of hints and tips about how to interact and make the most of the experience online as well as in person. Lots of that information stands up today and if you’re a relative
Read More[caption id="attachment_2181" align="alignleft" width="136"] Cristine Kao, Global Marketing Manager, Healthcare IT, Carestream[/caption] Patient engagement and patient portals continue to be a hot discussion topic wherever you look in the healthcare IT field. With HIMSS13 starting next week, there’s no better time and place than here and
Read More[caption id="attachment_3957" align="alignleft" width="108"] Dr. Les Folio, Radiologist, NIH and Adjunct Clinical Professor, Radiology, George Washington University Hospital[/caption] Dr. Les Folio is a radiologist at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and an adjunct Clinical Professor, Radiology, George Washington University Hospital has recently completed research
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="68"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, Digital Capture Solutions, Carestream[/caption] We have been pretty vocal about the fact that we developed the newest addition to our DRX family of products—the DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System—based on the direct and early involvement of a broad range
Read More[caption id="attachment_3931" align="alignleft" width="109"] Massimo Angileri, WW General Manager, Healthcare Information Solutions, Carestream[/caption] We’re excited to meet with our European colleagues to discuss industry trends, and what their health IT and radiology needs are in 2013. On account of the rapidly changing climate of the healthcare
Read More[caption id="attachment_1881" align="alignleft" width="85"] Doug Rufer, Director Technical Marketing and Clinical Sales Engineering, Carestream[/caption] The following post is part two of “Radiology IT Undergoing Radical Changes and Meaningful Use is Just the Beginning.” Part one provided a look at the shifting priorities of HealthIT to address
Read More[caption id="attachment_1881" align="alignleft" width="85"] Doug Rufer, Director Technical Marketing and Clinical Sales Engineering, Carestream[/caption] By now, many of you have most likely embarked on your journey to fulfilling Meaningful Use and are under way for attesting your results for 2012. With most practicing radiologists being eligible
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, Digital Capture Solutions, Carestream[/caption] Radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in employee ID badges are already used to restrict and monitor entry into areas of the hospital. The wireless technology is able to transfer data from the badge to
Read More[caption id="attachment_3853" align="alignleft" width="107"] Bruce Leidal, CIO, Carestream[/caption] For CIOs, patient engagement and satisfaction are more important than ever before. CIOs attending HIMSS will be looking for new technology and tools that equip patients to play a greater role in managing both their health records and
Read MoreCongratulations to those who correctly identified January's Image Challenge, which was a tape measure. That one was a bit too easy since people guessed it correctly in only a couple of minutes. Below is the image for February 2013! Hopefully this month's image will be a bit
Read More[caption id="attachment_3860" align="alignleft" width="93"] Sharon Harms, Director of Radiology, Bryan Medical Center[/caption] The radiology department at Bryan Medical Center in Nebraska recently decided to upgrade from CR to DR, which involved converting 13 X-ray rooms and two mobile imaging systems at all four of our locations
Read More[caption id="attachment_2181" align="alignleft" width="136"] Cristine Kao, Global Marketing Manager, Healthcare IT, Carestream[/caption] Healthcare trends are perpetually moving in the direction of handing over more control to the patients. Much of this control lives in the form of online resources and patient portals that provide the ability
Read More[caption id="attachment_3403" align="alignleft" width="123"] Ludovic d’Apréa, Carestream Manager, France-Belgium-Luxembourg Region[/caption] With the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria, approaching fast in March 2013, it’s appropriate to take a look at the issues and challenges the industry faces, as well as what attendees can expect
Read More[caption id="attachment_3824" align="alignleft" width="109"] Lynn La Pietra, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3825" align="alignleft" width="106"] John Yorkston, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] Editor's note: read the more recent blog on a task-based observer study conducted with Hershey Medical Center on pediatric fracture detection. Radiography trends related to
Read More[caption id="attachment_3811" align="alignleft" width="100"] Cristen Bolan, Executive Editor, Applied Radiology[/caption] Guest post by Cristen Bolan, executive editor, Applied Radiology. For those of you who follow the Chinese calendar, you know that 2013 is the year of the snake, which according to ancient Chinese wisdom, a snake in
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