Owensboro Health Regional Hospital’s initiatives to improve patient care. By Sara Butterworth, MHA, RTI(CT)(MR), Radiology Operations Manager, Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. Most people who work in healthcare are motivated to give patients a good experience simply because it’s the right thing to do. Recently, our motivation has
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How to leverage your image capture devices for improved image quality and productivity. Maximizing the return on your existing radiology equipment has always been a priority. It is even more critical today if your funds for purchasing new equipment were diverted to COVID-related expenses. In this
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Strategies and insights from radiology administrators for navigating the new normal. Editor’s Note: as we approach #AHRA2021, Everything Rad interviewed radiology administrators to understand their challenges for the remainder of 2021, and their strategies for addressing them. Although the number of COVID-19 cases in some countries is
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A look at how Carestream Service prioritizes, measures, and improves customer satisfaction and the customer experience. At Carestream Health, the customer is at the center of everything we do: from creating innovative new medical imaging solutions, to on-site training of radiology staff, to providing support and
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Children’s hospital pilots bedside fluoroscopy imaging in the neonatal intensive care unit. By Mark C. Liszewski, MD, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. Portable radiography and sonography are mainstays of initial diagnostic assessment in critically ill patients. However, there are many situations in which they cannot provide the information
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Carestream aplica inteligencia artificial para mejorar la calidad de las imágenes médicas. En cierta forma, parece ser fácil mejorar la calidad de las radiografías. La calidad de la imagen consiste en tres componentes fundamentales: el ruido, la nitidez y el contraste. La complejidad se debe
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Carestream applies Artificial Intelligence to improve medical image quality. In some ways, the path to improving X-ray image quality seems pretty straightforward. There are three fundamental components of image quality: noise, sharpness, and contrast. The complexity comes from the fact that the sharpness and the noise
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AI delivers enhanced imaging and improved workflow for medical imaging. Discussions about potential applications for artificial intelligence in radiology have dominated medical imaging conferences and news headlines for years. All the noise and hype can make it hard for imaging providers to know which AI-based
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New Lux 35 detectors weigh almost 2 pounds less than DRX-Plus Detectors What is more robust than a traditional detector? Weighs less than a traditional detector? And can improve staff and patient satisfaction? Answer: the new glass-free, ergonomically-designed Lux 35 Detector, Carestream’s newest and most advanced
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Overcoming the complexities of CXR without a dose penalty. Chest X-rays (CXR) are one of the most difficult radiographs to interpret. The dense chest structure includes complex overlying and underlying patient anatomy, and the ever-present motions of the lungs and heart. Ideally, radiologists would like to
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