A recent report by market research company P&S Market Research predicts dramatic growth for the global CDS market, currently worth $410 million, at a CAGR of nearly 22 percent between 2016 and 2022.

Of 380 communication errors occurring in the radiology department of an academic medical center over a 10-year period, 37.9 percent had a direct impact on patient care and 52.6 percent were potentially impactful, according to a study running in the March edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

Swiss dosimetry company ScandiDos announced today that its Delta4 Discover in-vivo dose monitoring system has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA.

Cutting down on exorbitant costs associated with imaging errors, including excessive and repetitive radiology procedures, is a major goal for providers. There's no quick fix, but installing a vendor-neutral archive (VNA) could be an important piece of the puzzle.

Every year, the HIMSS annual meeting tackles the biggest issues in healthcare informatics, and managing medical images is always a big topic of discussion. This year’s focus is on enterprise imaging and the inherent challenges with managing different types of images from the various specialties around a hospital or system.

Managing medical images has always been a Herculean undertaking, even when the image types were contained to the “traditional” modalities of radiology. Now that an avalanche of different image types are coming down from all over the enterprise, will providers be snowed under?

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., announced today that its Synapse 5 PACS technology has received FDA 510 (k) clearance for sale and distribution in the U.S.

Vital Images announced today the launch of VNA on demand, a “next generation vendor neutral platform” which will allow customers to store only desired images and control the process of image storage more efficiently, the company said in a press release.