Pregnant women should not undergo some types of medical exams that involve high doses of radiation to the fetus due to the small increased risk of causing childhood cancer, according to guidance developed by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), The Royal College of Radiologists and the College of Radiographers in the United Kingdom.

As you know, investment and enrichment in EMRs is the focus of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009which allocates a whopping $19.2 billion to health IT. The numbers have been well-publicized, with $17.2 billion being funneled through the Medicare and Medicaid programs to help providers adopt EHRs and another $2 billion earmarked for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Outside the direct contributions to pay for IT systems, there is another $10.4 million in related spending, according to HIMSS, for telecommunications, broadband and telemedicine.

Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) has launched ACS Managed Mobility Services, a centralized solution for managing all aspects of smartphones, including procurement, security and expense management.

Ten years ago, the American College of Radiology surveyed nearly 1,000 practices as to their utilization of teleradiology. They found that 71 percent of multi-radiologist practices had teleradiology systems in place, while 30 percent of solo practices had deployed remote reading systems.

Sit up straight. It may have been nagging advice from your Mom, but its good advice for the radiologist who sits in a digital reading room often for hours at a time. So is putting your feet flat on the floor and maintaining the proper angle of your elbows and hands on the keyboard and eyes to the monitor. Read on. Heeding good advice can ward off musculoskeletal problems that plague the profession.

Healthcare spending in the United States has increased dramatically in the last decade and radiology has been singled out as a main culprit. As imaging volumes increase, reimbursement decreases and competition sharpens, radiology practices and departments must make more effective use of the data and technology available today. Voice recognition (VR) software solutions can help reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve patient care.

Capital Area Regional Health Information Organization (Capital Area RHIO) has selected Axolotl's health information exchange technology, Elysium Exchange, for its regional health information organization (RHIO).

This year, one trend dominates the health imaging market and the entire economy. The lingering and deepening recession stands at the top of the list of items that keep CIOs, hospital and clinical department administrators, and radiologists awake at night. There is at least a spark of hope in the $787 billion U.S. economic stimulus package. So whats in it for imaging, radiology, cardiology and IT? Health Imaging & IT untangles the package, interpreting its implications for the health imaging world.