[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_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 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 MoreCobalt Imaging Center is a medical charity that provides state of the art imaging for a large population in Southwest England. The facility recently adopted Carestream’s MyVue patient portal to enable patients’ immediate, secure access to their medical images via the web. Peter Sharp and
Read MoreThe Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Consortium covers 11 trusts in the UK and chose Carestream to be their new PACS supplier after their existing contracts for PACS and RIS systems, delivered through the National Program for Information Technology (NPfIT), expired. When selecting a new provider,
Read MoreDigital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) provides higher quality mammography images and is becoming more vital to breast exams. At RSNA we spoke with Dr. Harmindar Gill, Medical Director of Premiere Women’s Radiology in Bonita Springs, Florida, about the benefits of DBT and what patients get out
Read MoreThe theme of RSNA 2013 was "The Power of Partnership," and it didn't take long to discover that theme throughout the halls among vendors, and in the educational sessions. Greg Freiherr of Imaging Technology News took some time to speak with us at RSNA and
Read More[caption id="attachment_4864" align="alignleft" width="100"] Cheryl Proval, Vice President, Publishing, imagingBiz, and Editor of Radiology Business Journal.[/caption] When viewed over time, the themes that have marked the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America might be seen as signposts indicating the way forward for radiology.
Read More[caption id="attachment_4316" align="alignleft" width="109"] Sam Richard, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Carestream[/caption] Radiologists wish to keep the amount of radiation during a medical imaging exam “As Low As Reasonably Achievable” - known as the ALARA principle - but just how much radiation are we receiving? First we
Read More[caption id="attachment_3920" align="alignleft" width="112"] Don Thompson, Digital Capture Solutions, Marketing Manager, Carestream U.S. & Canada[/caption] For years radiology has worked on this problem—how to minimize X-Ray dose for children, who are vulnerable not only because of their sensitivity but because of the cumulative effect of radiation
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