2011 March | Health Imaging

One of the most misunderstood, murky and maligned healthcare terms is meaningful use. The concept is particularly vexing for radiology departments as medical imaging represents the apex of meaningful deployment of IT, yet the specialty was overlooked in preliminary meaningful use (MU) discussions.

March: In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb?

We've seen a winter marked by snowpocalypse and political cacophony that plummeted to new lows. The slightest wisp of thaw seemed to be the air in the wake of the Tucson tragedy, but just as quickly the GOP pulled the rug out with H.R. 2, designed to repeal the job killing healthcare law.

Radiology Practices Reap Social Media Dividends

For more than a decade, patients have been assuming greater control over their healthcare, facilitated almost exclusively by the internet. Clinicians and administrators alike are well-aware of the benefits and dangers of this trendinformed patients can make better decisions regarding their health; misinformed patients, in addition to making poor decisions, may mimic sophomoric med students with compulsive and inaccurate self-diagnoses.

Building a Better Mousetrap: Developing Models for Cross-enterprise Image Sharing

When researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., undertook phase one of a two-part National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIH/NIBIB) research project focused on cross-enterprise image sharing, they uncovered a nasty, universal truth. No one likes CDsthis includes physicians, patients and staff, says Yaorong Ge, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering.

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