[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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