Happy September everybody! Time for a new Image Challenge. Last month we had a clock radio, and we think we have another good image for September. This month's image is below; please leave your guesses below or on our Facebook page. The challenge will run until September 30,
Read MoreAfter receiving his X-ray certification, Marty Pesce worked in a hospital for 10+ years as a chief technologist and was cross-trained in different modalities. He became an applications consultant in 2000 and transitioned to Carestream in 2007. When an opportunity arose to be an applications
Read MoreRadiology administrators looking to raise the visibility and value of their department should seize the opportunity to lead an enterprise dose initiative. In a session at last week’s AHRA annual meeting titled, “An Executive Guide to Implementing a Successful Enterprise Dose Solution,” Chris Tomlinson, MBA, director
Read MoreThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) branch named the “Center for Devices and Radiologic Health” regulates manufacturers, distributors and importers of medical devices. Carestream Health follows FDA regulations and guidance relating to the design, manufacture, distribution, servicing and maintenance of its products. In addition,
Read More[caption id="attachment_4358" align="alignleft" width="448"] El Camino uses two DRX-Revolutions as part of its conversion to DR technology.[/caption] El Camino Hospital has made dramatic decreases in patient dose in recent years. We use Bayer Radimetrics dose management software to track dose for all CT exams and we
Read MoreHappy August everyone! Time for a new image challenge. Last month's flashlight image was pretty easy, and we think that this month's image will be a little tougher. The image for August is below. Please enter your guesses in the comments below or on our Facebook page.
Read MoreThe first six months of 2014 have proven to be quite eventful for all of us in the world of medical imaging and healthcare IT. As we look forward to the second half of the year, we wanted to take a look back at the
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] In 2014, the phrase “safe imaging” means more now than ever. Across the world we are seeing organizations and governments working to ensure that patients are kept safe while simultaneously ensuring that imaging quality is
Read More[caption id="attachment_5508" align="alignleft" width="107"] Menashe Benjamin, Vice President, HCIS, Carestream[/caption] This year marked the 12th annual International Society for Computed Tomography’s (ISCT) Workstation Face-off at Multidtector-row CT (MDCT) 2014. Doctors representing four vendors (Siemens, Phillips, TeraRecon and Carestream) worked on four different cases with the vendor’s
Read More[caption id="attachment_5476" align="alignleft" width="107"] Sean Ruck, editor-in-chief, DOTmed Healthcare Business News[/caption] Hospitals have a duty to treat patients, but in order to do so, they have to get them in the door. Even though we’ve entered an era of consolidation, there’s still enough competition out there
Read More[caption id="attachment_3920" align="alignleft" width="112"] Don Thompson, Digital Capture Solutions, Marketing Manager, Carestream U.S. & Canada[/caption] The social media phenomenon of sharing motivational quotes has infiltrated our professional lives. Yesterday on LinkedIn a connection posted an image with this statement: "The most dangerous phrase in the language is
Read More[caption id="attachment_3811" align="alignleft" width="100"] Cristen Bolan, Executive Editor, Applied Radiology[/caption] Radiologists Add Real Value through Concise Communication When the ER doc read my results from an ultrasound, all I heard was doom and gloom. In the report, the radiologist recommended a follow-up MRI, meanwhile the doctor told
Read More[caption id="attachment_5302" align="alignleft" width="150"] Liza Haar, Editor, Diagnostic Imaging[/caption] Sixty-eight percent of radiologists told us in our annual Radiology Compensation Survey, they are happy being radiologists. This satisfaction comes even though, not surprisingly, rads are logging long hours (63 percent work 41 to 75 hours a
Read More[caption id="attachment_4632" align="alignleft" width="150"] Rich Pulvino, Digital Media Specialist, Carestream[/caption] We have written before about the benefits of multidisciplinary teams. It was a popular topic at RSNA 2013 and continues to gain more ground in ECR 2014. In a recent panel discussion, researchers from Italy found
Read More[caption id="attachment_5164" align="alignleft" width="288"] Alexander Towbin, MD, Neil D. Johnson Chair of Radiology Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital (left), and Catherine Leopard, Child Life Specialist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital (right)[/caption] Patient comfort has always been an important component of the medical imaging process. However, when imaging pediatric patients,
Read MoreBy Fred Hastings, R.T., C.R.A., Director of Operations, Harbin Clinic Our company is a large multi-specialty physician clinic with 23 separate locations in Northwest Georgia. We recently decided to install fully automated wireless DR rooms at our two busiest locations for routine radiology procedures—our orthopaedic clinic
Read More10. Patient Engagement – A Healthcare Reform Topic Everyone Can Agree On This post discusses the path to patient engagement and health impact in radiology with the use of patient portals. These portals not only allow patients easy and secure access to their X-ray exams and
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