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Computer-assisted detection developer Riverain Medical has formed a partnership with Canadian medical imaging distributor, Christie Group.
Riverain Medical unveiled its Softview chest imaging technology at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago last month.
Riverain Medical (Booth 1309) is displaying its OnGuard chest x-ray CAD technology.
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Fueled by promising clinical studies, computer-assisted detection (CAD) technology continues to improve early lung cancer detection: greater sensitivity, fewer false-positives.
Two of the Riverain Medical’s products, the OnGuard chest x-ray CAD system and the SoftView chest imaging technology have been awarded CE Marks and Canadian device licenses.
Riverain Medical (Booth 1309) is displaying its OnGuard chest x-ray CAD technology.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.