Faster and more accurate diagnoses possible as the IoT continues to evolve. Is your healthcare organization adopting Internet of Things (IoT) technology in 2019? Or perhaps you already are using it. According to a report by Aruba Networks, 87 percent of healthcare organizations will have
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Increased patient engagement and satisfaction with providers fuel growth. As consumers, we go online to purchase clothes and furniture, do our banking, and make travel arrangements. So it’s only natural that we are receptive to logging in to patient portals to view our healthcare information. At Carestream,
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_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_4632" align="alignleft" width="150"] Rich Pulvino, Digital Media Specialist, Carestream[/caption] ECR 2014 is hardly a day old and ESR has already made a splash with its new initiative, EuroSafe Imaging--a mission "to support and strengthen medical radiation protection across Europe following a holistic, inclusive approach." The necessity
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 More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] We have known for some time that children are more sensitive to radiation than adults. And because children have less overlying tissue, the same exposure results in higher radiation doses to their organs than for
Read More[caption id="attachment_3540" align="alignleft" width="100"] Jerry ZeidenbergPublisher & EditorCanadian Healthcare Technology &Technology for Doctors Online[/caption]Radiologists are, without a doubt, some of the smartest people we’ll ever meet. But they’re not infallible, and IT systems are now being implemented to add further intelligence to the medical system.
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
Read More[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="100"] Helen Titus, Marketing Director, X-ray Solutions, Carestream[/caption] The delicate state of a patient in a hospital is never taken lightly by medical imaging professionals. These patients are in situations where they are at their most vulnerable and it is up to the
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