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Software tool facilitates radiologist-technologist feedback
By Erik L. Ridley
Thomas Jefferson University recently experienced a spike in the number of scratches on radiography images at one location. Thanks to an internally developed PACS plug-in called Technique Logger, however, the institution was able to quickly diagnose the problem: faulty equipment maintenance.
May 24, 2012
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U.S. Olympic Committee to use GE EMR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Olympic Committee announced that for the first time it will use electronic medical records (EMRs) to manage healthcare treatment for more than 700 athletes and 3,000 support staff at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
May 23, 2012
Study: Physician tablet use going mainstream
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Physician adoption of tablet computers for professional purposes has almost doubled since 2011, and Apple's iPad is the dominant tablet platform in use, according to a study by healthcare market research and advisory firm Manhattan Research.
May 16, 2012
Elekta reports meaningful use of Mosaiq
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta said that two of its customers became the first users of its Mosaiq oncology information system in 2012 to complete the attestation process to prove meaningful use under the federal government's healthcare IT stimulus program.
May 9, 2012
BC Technical buys Consus
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging refurbished equipment provider BC Technical has purchased Consus Medical Imaging of Jacksonville, FL.
May 9, 2012
HIMSS submits comments on meaningful use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in response to two proposals related to meaningful use guidelines.
May 8, 2012
ONC offers meaningful use guide
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Office of the Chief Privacy Officer recently released an instructional guide designed to help healthcare practitioners, staff, and other professionals better understand the role of privacy and security in electronic health records and meaningful use.
May 8, 2012
App uses smartphones to detect radiation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image analysis software developer Image Insight has developed a smartphone application that uses a phone's camera to measure radioactivity levels in the environment.
April 30, 2012
Cocaine use linked to mixed coronary plaque on CT
By Eric Barnes
Cocaine users are known to have higher-than-normal rates of acute coronary syndrome compared to others at risk of heart disease. Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina used dual-source CT to learn more about how cocaine use affects the development of coronary atherosclerosis.
April 23, 2012
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FDA clears Amyvid for Alzheimer's use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eli Lilly and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Amyvid, a molecular PET imaging agent used for imaging of beta-amyloid plaques in patients with cognitive impairment being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease and other causes.
April 8, 2012
Equipment services sector projected to rise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Global demand for imaging equipment services is expected to rise sharply over the next five years, according to a new report by market research firm Global Industry Analysts (GIA).
April 5, 2012
RamSoft partners with ADP AdvancedMD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor RamSoft is partnering with ADP AdvancedMD to offer practice maintenance software to imaging centers and radiology groups.
April 5, 2012
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