Editor's Note: The following is a guest blog post by Gillian Tickall, Chief Radiographer at The Alfred. The Alfred is a major tertiary referral teaching hospital that provides the most comprehensive range of specialist medical and surgical services in Victoria, Australia. Tickall kindly shares how converting to digital
Read MoreCongratulations to those who correctly identified September's image -- a coral. For those who were stumped - better luck this month! Radiologists, technologists, administrators, MDs and PAs can all place guesses in the comments. The “Guess the X-Ray” challenge runs until November 2. The first person to correctly
Read More[caption id="attachment_3283" align="alignleft" width="144"] Wim Op de Beeck, Major Accounts Manager, Carestream Belgium[/caption] A complete change in imaging strategy for a teaching and research hospital with nearly 800 beds and 200,000 radiology patients a year is no small feat. For the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel) Hospital,
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Casa di Cura Sileno e Anna Rizzola hospital in San Donà di Piave, Italy, recently participated in a trade trial for Carestream’s DRYVIEW Chroma Imager. We asked Dr. Riccardo Dus, M.D., Director of Diagnostic Imaging Services, to discuss the hospital’s experience with the
Read More[caption id="attachment_3920" align="alignleft" width="112"] Don Thompson, Digital Capture Solutions, Marketing Manager, Carestream U.S. & Canada[/caption] At last year’s annual meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management, radiology administrators had an opportunity to view a quick presentation and provide feedback on Carestream’s prototype DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray
Read More[caption id="attachment_2790" align="alignleft" width="120"] Erica Carnevale, Digital Media Manager, Carestream[/caption] One of the best things about AHRA is the opportunity to hear directly from radiology managers about their successes and challenges. Malissa Smith, Radiology Manager at Dekalb Medical Center in Georgia swung by the Carestream booth
Read More[caption id="attachment_1620" align="alignleft" width="151"] Robert Salmon, Director, Corporate Communications, Carestream[/caption] Yesterday’s opening session at AHRA 2012 was equal parts enjoyment and enlightenment as Dr. John Paling—an Emmy-awarded, National Geographic wildlife photographer with an energizing gift for discussing how to deal with change and achieve incredible results
Read More[caption id="attachment_3156" align="alignleft" width="139"] Luann Culbreth, M Ed, MBA, RT(R)(MR)(QM), CRA, FSMRT, FAHRA[/caption] Editor’s Note: The Association for Medical Imaging Management opens it's annual meeting on Sunday in Orlando, FL. You can find Carestream in booth 609. Luann Culbreth, M Ed, MBA, RT(R)(MR)(QM), CRA, FSMRT, FAHRA, president
Read More[caption id="attachment_3121" align="alignleft" width="120"] Nancy Adams BS, RT(R)[/caption] With ever-popular television shows such as Forensic Files, CSI, Cold Case and others, forensics has become a hot topic – not only with the public at large, but also in the radiology industry. Forensic Radiology is a specialized
Read More[caption id="attachment_1433" align="alignleft" width="150"] David H. Foos, Clinical Applications Research, Carestream[/caption] In recent conversations with clinical colleagues, the comment was made that “our sickest patients get the worst imaging." On further investigation I found that in portable chest imaging, anti-scatter grids are infrequently used, despite their
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