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.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R), Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) and a statewide healthcare coalition announced the launch of eHealth Connecticut last week, a health records network that will allow providers to share information electronically.
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Triad Hospitals Inc., Perot Systems Corp. and McKesson Corp. announced a $1.3 billion healthcare information technology initiative to support Triad's clinical excellence and business transformation programs. Triad, through its affiliates and subsidiaries, owns and operates 49 hospitals and 10 ambulatory surgery centers in 15 states.
EMC Corp. last week introduced a broad range of new storage and virtualization solutions, including availability of the world's largest and most flexible high-end storage array, innovative new file system software and new network attached storage (NAS) virtualization capabilities.
Eastman Kodak Co. now sells more digital imaging products than it does formerly traditional film-based photography. But it has been a big costly overhaul - including cutting 25,000 jobs - for the company and it shows in the numbers.
Providing high-quality patient care for difficult-to-image patients trumps all other considerations when it comes to open magnetic resonance imaging systems.
A group of medical leaders this week urged the nation's academic medical centers to exert tighter control over what it calls 'a serious threat' to medical professionalism, over too-close-for-comfort ties between some physicians and drug and device makers.
