At RSNA 2009, customers and equipment providers are talking about the same thing—how solutions can help improve productivity and streamline workflow to achieve lower costs. It’s been great to hear customers this week tell us that our solutions are delivering on these key objectives. Equally exciting,
Read MoreGreetings from Day 3 of RSNA 2009! We ran into our friend and CSH Board Member, Eliot L. Siegel, M.D., early this morning as he was headed to prepare for what sounded like a very interesting press conference focusing on new skin cancer imaging techniques.
Read MoreAs a follow-up to yesterday's salute to our colleagues in Chicago who are setting up the Carestream Health RSNA booth
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It’s hard to believe we are now less than a week away from RSNA 2009! We couldn’t be more excited about our upcoming participation at this year’s gathering of all-things radiology. Undoubtedly, it’s one of the busiest weeks of the year for us—as we make
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Every RSNA attendee faces the same challenge: there’s too much to see and not enough time. Everyone wants to experience the year’s most innovative and advanced new products. But inevitably, unless you can clone yourself, you’ll have to choose among RSNA’s vast array of 700+
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One of the few limitations of DR technology has been the need to use CR cassettes for out-of-Bucky work and complex cross-table exams. Now a new DR system makes those requirements obsolete. The fully automated CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution system delivers dynamic throughput with autopositioning and autocentering features
Read MoreBreast cancer is one of the greatest causes of cancer death among women in developing countries. As these countries progress with improved living and economic conditions, women’s health issues gradually assume increasing priority. There is a tremendous worldwide need for breast cancer education and awareness,
Read MoreThe flurry of attention and concern over decreased reimbursement intensified this past week with the recent CMS announcement calling for new Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rules that would raise the assumed utilization rate for outpatient services from 50 to 90 percent for imaging equipment with
Read MoreWhen it comes to the radiology reading, one of the weakest links is the lack of access to patient information. To provide an accurate read, radiologists should have patient information as well as current and prior imaging studies. As a radiologist, the typical patient clinical
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Recent discussions around health care finance have raised the possibility of another round of cuts in imaging reimbursement that could be further-reaching than even the DRA of 2005. Further cuts might seem excessive, as they would kick in at a time when early reports are indicating
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I recently attended Les Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR) in Paris, where I spoke with numerous health care providers attending the show.
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We are all familiar with the problem: Hospitals cannot easily share medical imaging exams because different vendors’ PACS platforms cannot easily communicate with each other. Radiologists are then forced to use different health care sites or workstations to read exams. This is not exactly a model
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