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Health Imaging News Highlights | Nov. 21, 2008

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In this edition:
  • Toshiba is buying Barco advanced visualization business
  • Vast majority of U.S. hospitals do not use EHRs
  • Study: PHRs could save $21B annually in the United States
  • Hospital employees in Iowa punished for patient data breach
  • Daschle accepts Obama’s invitation to become HHS Secretary
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As hospital PACS adoption slows, room for growth in outpatient centers

Thu, Dec 04 2008
 
Despite the fact that outpatient facilities are now the preferred place for all types of imaging procedures, the adoption of PACS at imaging centers, orthopedic clinics and physician groups lags behind the technology’s implementation at inpatient facilities, according to a report published this week by the research firm KLAS.

CT: Doing more but getting less

Thu, Dec 04 2008
 
CHICAGO—Despite continuing technical advances and increased use of CT in clinical practice, the diagnostic yield of CT exams has actually decreased over the past decade, according to research conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and presented this week at the 94th scientific assembly and annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

MedQuist pays $6.6M to DoJ for overbilling

Thu, Dec 04 2008
 
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has reported that medical transcription service provider MedQuist has paid the United States $6.6 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it overbilled federal government clients.

Virtual colonoscopy: Perfect storm or chariot of fire?

Wed, Dec 03 2008
CHICAGO—During the Annual Oration in Diagnostic Radiology and Gold Medal Awards presented Tuesday, keynote lecturer Elizabeth McFarland, MD, challenged attendees to “run the enduring race” in the effort to increase CT colonography utilization in the current restrictive reimbursement climate.

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Philips names Silfen as chief medical officer, senior VP

Industry News | Thu, Dec 04 2008
Royal Philips Electronics named Eric Silfen, MD, senior vice president (VP) and chief medical officer for Philips Healthcare.

Toshiba launches trial to compare 320-detector row CT to SPECT

Industry News | Thu, Dec 04 2008
Toshiba Medical Systems will support CorE 320, an international multi-center trial, beginning this month, to compare the effectiveness of 320-detector row dynamic volume CT to SPECT technology in identifying coronary stenosis.

Quest to sell Matrox line for its medical LCD monitors

Partnerships & Alliances | Thu, Dec 04 2008
Quest International will begin shipping Matrox Graphics’ Xenia Series display controller boards with medical LCD displays from AlphaView LCD, NEC and Totoku.

FDA clears QStar PACS

Regulatory News | Thu, Dec 04 2008
QStar Technologies has received 510(k) clearance for its SntryPACS medical imaging archive appliance from the FDA. 

Breast-specific gamma imaging could target hard-to-detect cancers

Top Stories | Wed, Dec 03 2008
CHICAGO—Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) is effective in the detection of cancers not found on mammograms or by clinical exam, according to a study presented today at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Panoramic 3D offers new CT colon efficiencies

Top Stories | Wed, Dec 03 2008
CHICAGO— As CT colonography (CTC) gains wider acceptance as an effective and less-invasive exam for colon cancer screening, advanced visualization tool development is keeping pace by offering applications that will allow interpreting clinicians the ability to efficiently and effectively manage the virtual colonoscopy workflow.

Building a proactive IT support structure

Clinical Studies | Wed, Dec 03 2008
CHICAGO—IT support needs to transition from the firefighter to the fire prevention model. Support can be reactive or proactive, and it should be no surprise that the proactive model yields superior results ranging from increased IT and radiologist efficiency to improved systems operations. RSNA participants stuck in the reactive model received a crash course in practical and operational improvements during a Tuesday morning refresher course led by Paul Nagy, PhD, associate professor of radiology at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Reducing radiation dose for the pint-sized set

Clinical Studies | Wed, Dec 03 2008
CHICAGO—Several items keep radiology administrators awake at night. Chances are radiation dose appears high on the list. Many radiology departments and imaging centers wrangle with the double-edged sword of multidetector CT. On one hand, CT provides better visualization of the head, neck, abdomen, thorax and skeletal system. Better visualization has fueled a dramatic upswing in CT utilization among both pediatric and adult patients. Increased utilization, in turn, correlates with increased risk of radiation-induced cancer.

Contrast-enhanced cardiac MDCT, stress MRI help detect perfusion abnormalities

Clinical Studies | Wed, Dec 03 2008
CHICAGO—Adenosine stress multidetector CT (MDCT) myocardial perfusion imaging can be successfully performed in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), proving to have good agreement with stress myocardial perfusion MRI, according to research presented Tuesday during a scientific session at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Renal failure is more common in iso-osmolar than low-osmolar contrast media

Clinical Studies | Wed, Dec 03 2008
CHICAGO—Iso-osmolar contrast media is not the solution to solve the major problem of renal failure after injection, according to a retrospective study presented Tuesday at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

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