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International teleradiology communicates emergency results
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, November 30 | 11:30 a.m-11:40 a.m. | SSC07-07 | Room S102DOne of the biggest knocks against international teleradiology has been a belief that radiologists located onsite or within the community are better positioned to adequately communicate critical emergency findings to referring physicians, compared to teleradiologists who aren't based in the U.S. That theory will be addressed in a presentation by Dr. Stephen Eigles of international teleradiology firm Teleradiology Solutions.
November 1, 2009
GE gives mobile medical unit to 2010 Olympics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare will provide a mobile medical unit for medical emergencies for athletes during the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.
October 18, 2009
Ultrasound good test for pediatric intussusception
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound is a sensitive and specific test to detect ileocolic intussusception, the most common cause of intestinal obstruction among children and one of the most common abdominal emergencies in pediatrics. But how reliable is this diagnostic test if pediatric sonographers and pediatric radiologists aren't available to perform the procedure?
October 15, 2009
OIG to study Medicare imaging payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) will open new studies regarding Medicare Part B imaging payments and the appropriateness of many emergency department scans.
October 11, 2009
Too many CT rescans seen in transferred ED patients
By Eric Barnes
CT scans are often reinterpreted when patients are transferred from one hospital's emergency department (ED) to another. But patients are also scanned again when they arrive at the new institution -- more frequently and for more dubious reasons than one might think, according to a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital.
September 9, 2009
Ultrasonix wraps up milestone install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Ultrasonix Medical has completed the first integrated installation of its SonixTouch ultrasound system and SonixHub emergency medicine data management system.
August 12, 2009
Portable DR gets rockers back into the mosh pit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of a portable digital radiography (DR) system at a major U.K. music festival helped emergency personnel triage patients and send back to the event many music fans who otherwise might have been referred to a local hospital.
August 5, 2009
New guidelines for resuscitating children recommended
By Cynthia E. Keen
Two new clinical studies used CT to determine that European guidelines for setting the depth of chest compression when resuscitating children may be more accurate than those followed in the U.S. The U.S. guidelines actually could lead to injury in children, researchers say.
July 23, 2009
Chest x-ray measures up to CT for pediatric blunt chest trauma
By Cynthia E. Keen
Emergency chest CT scans are infrequently warranted for a child with blunt chest trauma, with chest x-rays being equally appropriate in the vast majority of cases, according to research from Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.
July 16, 2009
CT not useful for pediatric headache patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ordering CT examinations for children younger than age 6 who are admitted to an emergency department for a headache seldom aids in diagnosis, exposes the child to unnecessary radiation, and is a waste of money.
July 5, 2009
GE completes first pediatric dose reduction install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sanford Children's Hospital is the first children's hospital in the U.S. to install a new software application from GE Healthcare designed to reduce radiation dose in pediatric CT studies.
June 17, 2009
Dedicated 3D server speeds up CT data processing
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHARLOTTE, NC - Using a dedicated 3D server to automatically generate multiplanar reformations in trauma-related CT exams dramatically accelerates image availability and department efficiency, according to a presentation at this week's Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine conference.
June 5, 2009
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