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Three Palm, Planmed partner on mammo station
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Three Palm Software and mammography vendor Planmed have joined in a partnership in which Planmed will offer Three Palm's breast imaging workstation as part of its digital mammography portfolio.
November 18, 2012
International survey shows increase in healthcare IT utilization
By Cynthia E. Keen
Primary care physicians around the world have been investing in health information technology, a 10-country survey sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund has found. Changes in health system performance will be critical to healthcare reform, according to the findings published in Health Affairs.
November 15, 2012
Matakina updates Volpara density software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast density software company Matakina International has launched Volpara imaging software 1.5.7, which expands the number of digital mammography systems on which the software can be used for breast density measurements.
November 15, 2012
CoActiv to show new upgrades at RSNA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS vendor CoActiv Medical plans to introduce new upgrades to its Exam-PACS, Exam-RIS, and cloud-based digital archiving software at the RSNA meeting later this month.
November 15, 2012
ONC launches database for applicants to workgroups
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has launched a new application database for individuals interested in being a member of its HIT standards committee and HIT policy committee.
November 15, 2012
RadPod software aids in preparing reports
By Cynthia E. Keen
Thursday, November 29 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSQ10-09 | Room S403AA group from Massachusetts General Hospital has developed software that provides a summary of positive report findings during dictation, allowing radiologists to create and verify their impression before finalizing the report.
November 15, 2012
New 'LUNG-RADS' scheme sorts out screening results
By Eric Barnes
Thursday, November 29 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSQ10-08 | Room S403AA new "LUNG-RADS" system for lung cancer screening with CT aims to standardize the reporting of findings, both pulmonary and extrapulmonary, according to researchers from the Lahey Institute in Burlington, MA, who developed the system late last year.
November 15, 2012
What is radiology's role in stage 2 meaningful use?
By Erik L. Ridley
Thursday, November 29 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSQ09-08 | Room S402ABIf you have questions about the final stage 2 meaningful use rule, Dr. Adeel Siddiqui, a research fellow in informatics at Massachusetts General Hospital, has answers.
November 15, 2012
Using NLP to identify information missing from radiology reports
By Cynthia E. Keen
Thursday, November 29 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSQ10-07 | Room S403AIn this scientific session, researchers will describe how a natural language processing (NLP) tool can identify "missing" core semantic elements in reports assessing bone tumors on radiographs. Such a tool used along with speech recognition could provide real-time feedback and help improve the quality of reports.
November 15, 2012
Decision-support system can aid radiologist interpretation
By Erik L. Ridley
Thursday, November 29 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSQ09-03 | Room S402ABIn this scientific session, researchers will share how a decision-support system can provide radiologists with real-time and patient-specific guidance during the image interpretation process.
November 15, 2012
New medical transcriptionists may adapt better to SR system editing
By Cynthia E. Keen
Wednesday, November 28 | 5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | LL-INS-WE2D | Lakeside Learning CenterJust how accurate and efficient are medical transcriptionists when they assume the role of speech recognition (SR) system report editor? This question was newly revisited in a study conducted in South Korea.
November 15, 2012
International standards for radiology reporting show progress
By Cynthia E. Keen
Wednesday, November 28 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | LL-INS-WE7B | Lakeside Learning CenterAs part of the initiative to develop best-practice structured report templates, RSNA has been promoting the need to develop a set of international standards for radiology reporting. This poster presentation will review the progress of these efforts.
November 15, 2012
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