When it comes to medical imaging it is no secret that every second counts. The modern healthcare environment can be incredibly fast-paced and medical imaging professionals demand, and deserve, the best when it comes to time-saving technologies. We wanted to compare the efficiency of DR compared to CR
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_1053" align="alignleft" width="150"] Diana L. Nole, President, Digital Medical Solutions[/caption] Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with the broad scope of overall physical fitness as well as the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery of injuries related to sports and exercise. Beyond professional
Read More[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="111"] Andy Lim, HCIS Business Manager ASEAN, Carestream Health Singapore[/caption] Technology is constantly evolving. It seems like every day there is a better, smaller device that replaces the new one you bought yesterday and still don’t know how to use yet. In the
Read More[caption id="attachment_5541" align="alignleft" width="138"] Laurie Cesar, Application Engineer, DMS, Carestream Health[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5542" align="alignleft" width="144"] Jenn Thwaits, Application Engineer, DMS, Carestream Health[/caption] Customers have never had more access to information than they do today. Everything they need is at their fingertips- product reviews, testimonials, competitor information. It’s
Read More[caption id="attachment_5143" align="alignleft" width="144"] Anne Richards, Clinical Development Manager, Women’s Healthcare, Carestream[/caption] The case for the importance and relevance of mammograms has had its battles in 2014. The CNBSS announcement sought to prove that mammograms do not result in better detection and essentially, do not save
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_3018" align="alignleft" width="100"] Sean P. Reilly, Publisher, Imaging Technology News and Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology[/caption] What started with a chug and a whisper is growing in both momentum and volume. Can you hear that whistle blowing? For years, mammography has been the breast cancer screening standard
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 MoreHappy June! A new month means a new Image Challenge. Last month we had another difficult image--eye makeup--but congratulations to the person who guessed it correctly. Below is the image for June's "Guess the X-ray". Please leave your comments below or on our Facebook page. The challenge will
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_5432" align="alignleft" width="109"] JoAnn Linder, Director Global Marketing Communications, Carestream[/caption] Katherine Andriole PhD, FSIIM, opened SIIM 2014 with the ‘wave of big data’ sharing a history of inventions showcasing amazing technological advancements over a very short period of time. Historically, big data was managed in the format
Read More[caption id="attachment_4341" align="alignleft" width="144"] Ron Muscosky, Worldwide Product Line Manager, HCIS, Carestream[/caption] Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is becoming increasingly popular in healthcare, but there are still many uncertainties surrounding it. Below are common questions healthcare organizations are asking about DBT and it is my goal to
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 MoreHappy Spring! Last month we had another difficult image--a motorcycle helmet-- but congratulations to the person who guessed it correctly. Below is the image for May's "Guess the X-ray". Please leave your comments below or on our Facebook page. The challenge will run until May 31, or until
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
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