In the Emergency Department of most hospitals, physicians’ imaging dreams are coming true. Today, because of new wireless DR technology, imaging in the ER and OR is practically immediate. Image quality is enhanced, and dosage minimized. We asked Marjorie Calvetti, Administrative Director of Radiology at Memorial
Read MoreColin West, Head of Imaging Services, discusses his staff's use of the CARESTREAM DRX-1 system at this pre-eminent London hospital. Benefits include cutting patient turnaround times in half and reducing X-ray examination times from eight to five minutes per exam.
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When I speak with experienced radiologists about the “old days” of reading film-based mammographic images, they often tell me they are now able to read more efficiently with today’s digital mammography technology. While intuitively you might assume that digital is and always has been better,
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Nowhere is the processing of CR cassettes more inconvenient than in a portable environment. So if hospitals had the ability to quickly and easily convert their existing mobile x-ray systems to DR, would they take it? Indeed they would, according to healthcare providers who are eagerly
Read MoreOn Friday evening, President Obama signed into law the act to reinstate CMS physician payments to their previous level (without the 21.3% pay cuts which had been scheduled to begin in April). The new law will hold physician payments at their present level till May 31st,
Read MoreDo you agree with Dr. Pelc's views? What's your take? Editor's Note: Dr. Pelc is Professor of Radiology and Bioenginnering and Electrical Engineering at Stanford. He recently visited Carestream Health's Rochester, NY offices as a guest speaker.
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As someone who has watched numerous debates about mammography screening transpire, there’s one “standard” that we can all agree on: double reading, of any kind, improves detection rates and can save lives. Numerous studies lend evidence to the effectiveness of double reading*—whereby at least two radiologists
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Radiation dose has long been an important industry topic. Recently, attention has broadened from the health field to prominent mainstream/consumer awareness. With more patients becoming sensitized to this topic, imaging professionals are fielding more dose-related questions—including those related to projection radiography. Given the substantial benefits of
Read MoreMarjorie Calvetti, MSW, RT(R), Radiology Director, Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL talks about MMC's use of the CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution DR imaging suite. Editor's Note: Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL, is a 500-patient community hospital, a Level I Trauma Center, and also a Regional Cancer Center. Their
Read MoreThe "extender bill" passed yesterday by the Senate and signed by President Obama includes a provision to delay the 21.2 percent physicians' Medicare pay cut (sustainable growth rate, or SGR) which was scheduled to go into effect yesterday. Carestream Health hopes and expects that the
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This is an increasingly common question in the field of Women’s Health, as more facilities and radiologists make the transition to digital mammography. As anyone who has viewed film and digital mammograms can attest to, there are inherent differences in reading digital breast exams that
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According to the Arab Health website, the Arab Health Exhibition & Congress is, by far, the largest healthcare exhibition in the Middle East, and the second largest in the world. I have personally attended this conference for many years now, and it continues to grow
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Medical imaging trade articles like this one, from Imaging Technology News, and countless other stories like it, give us a small glimmer of hope for the situation in Haiti. While it’s difficult to find anything remotely positive about the devastation and loss of life, we
Read MoreDr. David Channin of Northwestern University Medical School speaks to us about workstation-enabled radiologist productivity. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmchwMAGb7M] Do you agree / disagree with Dr. Channin? What are your keys to productivity?
Read MoreDR technology is increasingly being implemented and optimized for the emergency/trauma hospital environment. Due to the myriad types of patient exams and positions that emergency/trauma centers deal with on a day-to-day basis, and the obvious urgency involved, flexibility and efficiency are paramount. A great example of
Read MoreSo, another annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America has come and gone. The ghosts of contracts past fade as we await the transmogrification of handshakes present into the ghosts of contract future. We sit back and decompress a bit, perhaps loosen the
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