Radiology

Jean-Philippe Masson -- Chairman, Forcomed

Forcomed has retained Carestream’s Vue Cloud solution as the technical architecture for its new digital mammography e-learning programme. Jean-Philippe Masson, Chairman of Forcomed, was happy to answer our questions.[read more]

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Experts espouse the use of business intelligence and big data in manufacturing, health care, financial management, and other niches. What does this new reliance on data have to do with radiology billing? If you want to develop a profitable claims process, it turns out data plays a huge role.[read more]

Recently Patient Power Founder Andrew Schorr, a two time cancer survivor himself and on the advisory board of Healthworks Collective, interviewed two experts about PET MR, its utility, benefits, and future use.[read more]

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NPR released an article recently that talked about the Invisible Gorilla Study, which is a piece of research that explains why when you ask someone to perform a challenging task their attention narrows and blocks out other things. Are radiologists prone to inattentional blindness?[read more]

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Radiology IT has left the radiology space and joined the hospital healthcare IT space, according to Jim Knaub, editor of Radiology Today. We are starting to see information besides the images, such as reports and data, flowing back to radiology departments across the IT enterprise network.[read more]

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Radiologists at Intermountain Primary Children’s Medical Center are extremely pleased with the improvement in visualization of soft tissues and small structures for all children, but they report the difference is especially pronounced in premature babies and infants.[read more]

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Ionizing radiation from CT scans is high, which is why I’ve been alarmed at the high and growing use of CT scans especially in pediatrics. A new study shows the use of pediatric CT has stabilized or even decreased over the past few years.[read more]

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The following post is part two of “Radiology IT Undergoing Radical Changes and Meaningful Use is Just the Beginning.” Part one provided a look at the shifting priorities of HealthIT to address Meaningful Use and how radiology IT will also need to adapt to these trends or risk being left behind. The following paragraphs expand on the ideas presented in part one by diving into what Meaningful Use can mean for radiology IT and the changes that radiologists will have to make to appropriately address the ever-evolving trends.[read more]

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For years, radiology has operated in a fee for procedure model. This model focused on volume to maintain profitability but not necessarily on quality and patient outcomes. The shift taking place today is to a patient-centric model, which places far more focus on quality and outcomes and will require radiologists to focus more on patients from a holistic perspective when considering diagnosis.[read more]

Dr Rob Lambert

Before he left the UK to fly to Cape Town and join the rest of the Coldest Journey team we managed to catch up with Dr. Rob Lambert, expedition team doctor, and get a little more background on the journey he faces and why the DRX Transportable is going with them.[read more]

Breast news is booming. Mammography is in the news again. We have legions of breast lobbyists that have agendas that are far beyond the true medical value of mammography. Even legislators have entered the mammographic arena in a clumsy effort to show their pro-women bona fides. Politicians should not practice medicine. It’s absurd that they try to do so when they can’t even perform their own jobs competently.[read more]

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The lose dose radiation mantra has been repeated so loud and so long that some in the radiologic community think that it has lost its power. Siemens Healthcare has an interesting take on the issue at the annual RSNA meeting in Chicago, and a system that exemplifies the company’s philosophy on the low dose goal. “We’re not talking about low dose anymore, we’re talking about the right dose,” said Jan Freund, head of product marketing management for computed tomography at Siemens.[read more]