Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.
Chest CT is routinely performed for things like lung cancer screening, coronary calcium assessment and pulmonary nodule surveillance, but the modality also can be used to extract additional information.
By highlighting subtle abnormalities that could otherwise be overlooked, an algorithm could potentially serve as an additional safety net when radiographic findings are indeterminate.
GE Healthcare highlighted its efforts to connect clinicians throughout healthcare enterprises with electronic medical record (EMR) systems at HIMSS 2006 last week in San Diego.
With National HIT Coordinator David Brailer, MD, PhD, announcing a new initiative to study RHIOs, this year’s Interoperability Showcase at HIMSS06 last week in San Diego was set up to represent a mock RHIO.
It’s up to healthcare IT industry to develop and implement solutions to the impending healthcare crisis, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett told the audience during a Feb. 16th keynote address at the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in San Diego.
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has announced that it has awarded $32,800 in grants to 10 institutions to help support radiation therapist training programs.
Network storage system provider Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp) has released financial results for the Q3 fiscal year 2006 with revenues or $537 million, an increase of 30 percent compared to $412.7 million for the same period in 2004.
Vital Images Inc. saw record revenue for the fourth quarter of 2005 with $15.3 million, a 38 percent improvement over $11.1 million in same quarter in the previous year.
According to two nearly identical recent surveys of businesses in the United Kingdom and the U.S., companies in the U.S. are somewhat more proficient in archiving data than those in the U.K.
In an agreement with some leaders of Congress, the American Medical Association (AMA) plans to develop nearly 140 standard performance measures in 34 clinical areas for physicians, the New York Times reports.
