Cardiology providers at an urban tertiary care hospital used an Internet-based cardiac catheterization laboratory inpatient forecast tool to help predict daily demands for beds at the hospital. The automated tool extracts data from the catheterization scheduling system and forecasts daily cardiology bed needs.

The 2015 Patient-centric Imaging Awards honor imaging teams that carried out bold, proactive initiatives that combined spirited team building with creative problem solving and innovative opportunity capitalizing—all on behalf of the patient.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is asking radiology and radiation oncology practices to be on the lookout for potential errors in the ICD-9 to ICD-10 translation.

Use of the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria (ACR-AC) is low among radiology medical students, according to a recent study published by Academic Radiology.

A five-year, $2.65 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will help providers in West Virginia detect colorectal cancer earlier.

Among some of the most commonly ordered CT exams, the one that tends to deliver the largest radiation doses is chest abdomen pelvis with IV contrast. The one with the smallest radiation footprint is chest without IV contrast.

Google a restaurant and one of your top results will be a star rating from Yelp. Google a doctor’s name, or that of a practice or hospital, and you’re likely to be looking at a similar visual aid from Healthgrades. That may be about to change in Yelp’s favor—and to patients’ advantage. 

Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers of Denver, Colo., recently installed Carestream’s newest generation of Vue RIS (radiology information system) to create a more streamlined clinical workflow that delivers most radiology reports within one to two hours to referring physicians. Urgent reports are delivered in as little as 10 to 15 minutes.