Emergency Radiology: Page 49

ED report turnaround times drop with speech recognition
By Cynthia E. Keen
Emergency department (ED) radiologists are crediting speech recognition technology with a dramatic reduction in report turnaround times at a level I trauma center. Final reports for "routine" procedures are being generated in an hour or less, compared to 3.6 days before implementation of a multiphase process improvement project.
November 18, 2008
Templeton Radiology
By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.
(Booth 8608) Major corporate changes have been in the works at Templeton Radiology of Sparks, MD; in October 2008 the firm was acquired by EmCare, a subsidiary of Emergency Medical Services.
November 10, 2008
Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology
By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.
(Booth 4276) Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology of Beachwood, OH, will highlight its new final-read capabilities for nighttime emergency department interpretations.
November 10, 2008
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Molecular Insight reports positive trial results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals said that a phase IIB clinical trial of its Zemiva radiopharmaceutical has yielded positive results.
November 9, 2008
PACS gateway for outside studies speeds trauma treatment
By Cynthia E. Keen
Dealing with external imaging studies can be a tricky business for PACS administrators. It can take time and resources to reformat and import JPEG or even DICOM images into a local network -- time that many emergency departments don't have.
November 2, 2008
Lodox Systems
By Kate Madden Yee
(Booth 9300) Digital radiography (DR) developer Lodox of Benmore, South Africa, will display a new DR system, as well as upgrades and new features for its Statscan Critical Imaging System, a slot-scanning DR imaging system for emergency medical centers.
October 21, 2008
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EMS buys Templeton Readings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Emergency Medical Services' (EMS) EmCare subsidiary has acquired teleradiology services firm Templeton Readings of Sparks, MD.
October 20, 2008
Studies address need to reduce CT dose in emergency settings
By Cynthia E. Keen
The escalating use of CT for children who present in emergency departments is of well-documented concern. But a pair of new studies published in the November issue of Pediatric Radiology indicates that while the problem is serious, pediatric imaging advocates are making progress in addressing the issue.
October 16, 2008
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Treating U.S. soldiers' head injuries
By Wayne Forrest
During his four months at Balad Air Force medical center in Iraq, some 60 miles north of Baghdad, the trauma cases treated by Dr. Jason Huang bore little resemblance to what he experienced at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
October 14, 2008
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When zoos refuse: Obese patients face shortage of large-capacity scanners
By Eric Barnes
Outsized patients have a slim chance of getting scanned at most emergency departments in the U.S., according to a new survey in Obesity. And although some veterinary schools and zoos are equipped with large CT scanners, most have policies prohibiting the imaging of humans.
September 23, 2008
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Toshiba's Aquilion One installed in Ohio ER
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has signed an agreement to install its Aquilion One 320-slice CT scanner in an Ohio hospital's emergency room.
September 4, 2008
MDCT for chest pain: Whom to scan, when to discharge
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography is proving to be reliable for triaging chest pain patients in the emergency room. Its high negative predictive value for ruling out acute coronary syndrome suggests that patients with negative results and negative cardiac enzymes can be safely discharged. But most are still admitted for observation, at great expense to the U.S. healthcare system.
August 21, 2008
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