CHICAGO--Robust screen resolution for CT and MRI, solid encryption measures and new radiology vendor apps could render the iPad suitable for CT and MR image reading and "help combat the trend of decreasing radiologist-patient and -clinician interaction," according to Toshi Clark, MD, who will present the findings Dec. 1 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago.

Barco (Booth 9114) is launching its 10 megapixel Coronis Fusion 10MP display system at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, Nov. 28 to Dec. 3.

Radiation dose reduction and management have become highly influential in health care providers' purchases of CT scanners, according to the KLAS report CT 2010: Slice and Dose.

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Va., is now using cloud-based technology eMix from DR Systems for sharing imaging studies and reports.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts Medical loss ratio requirement, finalized Monday, requires insurers to spend at least 80 to 85 percent of consumers premiums on direct care for patients and efforts to improve care quality. With the law going into effect Jan. 1, 2011, providers and payors alike should start connecting the dots between medical loss ratio and health information exchanges (HIEs), said Karen Van Wagner, PhD, executive director of North Texas Specialty Physicians, an independent physician association of nearly 600 family and specialty doctors in North Central Texas.

North Sunflower Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Ruleville, Miss., plans to deploy a suite of McKesson IT products for its EHR technology.

The U.S. Senate passed a one-month extension last week of the current Medicare physician payment rates, essentially stalling a 23 percent cut related to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) due to take effect Dec. 1.

CHICAGO--Creating real-time CT dose monitoring and reporting approaches can more accurately convey data in specific patient populations and enable dose data to be extracted and compared to national registries, according to a poster presented at the 96th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).