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.
As we have reported, a $50 million electronic health records (EHR) pilot project has been in development since last spring for three different regions of Massachusetts. Now the program is set to get rolling in February.
New technological advances in fusion imaging that use special software to combine both anatomical and functional images for highly precise images are useful in locating tumors or defining other conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and neural disorders,
This story may explain that gasp you heard throughout the radiology community yesterday after the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) announced results from a report that claim medication errors occur seven times more often in the radiology department than in any other area of healthcare. This conclusion was drawn by studying medication error information from 2000 to 2004 and published in the organization's 6th annual MEDMARX Data Report.
One in four healthcare workers are "not feeling so good" about their jobs and plan to seek a new position this year, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey.
As we have reported, a $50 million electronic health records (EHR) pilot project has been in development since last spring for three different regions of Massachusetts. Now the program is set to get rolling in February, the Boston Business Journal has reported.
The archiving of data continues to be misunderstood and inefficiently adopted by U.S. enterprises, research results from a new study commissioned by BridgeHead Software indicate.
Eclipsys Corp. has made available its Sunrise 4.5 XA clinical suite. Delivered on a single clinical platform, the system is designed to help caregiver processes across an enterprise, enabling patient information to flow from ambulatory and ED settings to critical care and other acute settings.
