Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

HIMSS Europe calls for governing council nominations

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Europe Governing Council is taking nominations to fill three vacancies on the council for the 2011-2014 term.

Developing the Framework for Effective Relationships with Industry

Thursday, May 5, 2011, 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM, Moscone South, Room 200

The iPad, the iPhone, and DROID Debate: Which is Best for an EP?

Thursday, May 5, 12:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m., Moscone West, Room 2020

The Health Policy Town Hall Meeting

Wednesday, May 4, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m, Moscone North Center, Room 132

Live Case Presentations

Thursday, May 5 and Friday, May 6, South Building of the Moscone Center

FDA approves new type 2 diabetes drug

The FDA has approved a new drug treatment to help improve blood glucose levels in type 2 diabeticsBoehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly's linagliptin (Tradjenta).

ARRS: The upside of capitation

CHICAGOIts possible to survive and thrive under capitation, opined Fred Gaschen, MBA, with Radiological Associates of Sacramento in Calif., during a Monday presentation at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS).

AHRQ: Med management literature is all over the map

Medication management through health IT, although well studied, is not uniform across phases of medication management, groups of people involved or types of IT in use, according to an April report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Around the web

To fully leverage today's radiology IT systems, standardization is a necessity. Steve Rankin, chief strategy officer for Enlitic, explains how artificial intelligence can help.

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.