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. 

GE partners with PatientKeeper

GE Healthcare has inked an agreement with Brighton, Mass.-based PatientKeeper to market and sell the company's mobile software technology under the name Centricity Physician Office Mobile.

Survey: PDAs reduce medical errors for emergency physicians

Emergency room physicians are avoiding a range of medical errors using personal digital assistants (PDAs), according to a new survey conducted by MedAmerica Mutual, a physician-directed, liability insurer that covers emergency physicians and their medical

Kodak, Heartlab ink marketing/reseller agreement

Eastman Kodak Co. will market Heartlab Inc.'s Encompass line of cardiac image and data management systems along with the Kodak DirectView PACS System 5.

Bush: Outlines Gov't role in improving healthcare IT

At a speech last week given at the Cleveland Clinic, President Bush told members of the audience that digital health records would help reduce healthcare costs and also outlined proposals for future funding needed for projects that demonstrate the effecti

ATA 2005 in April

Colorado is the site of this year's tenth annual meeting and exposition of the American Telemedicine Association, April 17 - 20.

Siemens gets the educational show on the road

Siemens Medical Solutions this week commenced its multi-city educational road show titled "Community Connectivity: Healing Takes Time, Information Shouldn't" in Philadelphia.

HHS releases proposed e-prescribing regulations

The Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 4 will publish in the Federal Register its proposed rule that will support electronic prescribing for Medicare when the prescription drug benefit takes effect in January 2006.

StorageTek hosts free seminar

StorageTek kicked off its North American seminar tour in Santa Clara, Calif. this week, which educates attendees on regulatory compliance issues and challenges, as well as the latest systems for compliant archiving and data protection.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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