Imaging
WHITIA, a global nonprofit social venture focused on bringing affordable healthcare technologies to medical facilities in limited-resource areas has launched the Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI) help urban and rural community health centers obtain healthcare technologies such as digital X-ray and telemedicine systems.
A new study finds that one in six physicians in 2008 reported that his or her practice owned or leased advanced imaging equipment, adding to concerns of the technology's overuse.
Dell announced Wednesday that it will acquire cloud-based medical archiving firm InSite One, of Wallingford, Conn., as it seeks to better enable healthcare organizations to retain healthcare data and share images.
KLAS on Wednesday announced its annual "2010 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services," ranking the best-performing software and professional service vendors across a wide range of market segments.
With T SystemEV, Great Plains Regional Medical Center is now contributing emergency department (ED) health information to the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII), the nation's first and most successful statewide HIE organization.
Surgeons at Georgetown University are exploring the benefits of using an iPad in the operating room, according to an article published in the Journal of Surgical Radiology. One surgeon says the technology's most obvious advantage in the OR is providing a "convenient way to easily access previous patient imaging."
CoActiv has announced a new EXAM-PACS donation program for qualifying educational institutions with accredited radiologic technologist training programs.
Shin Kong Hospital, one of Taiwan's biggest private hospitals, has upgraded its Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) with high-quality medical displays provided by Barco. The decision to upgrade was made after a patient's unseen kidney stone was found during an evaluation of the hi-res system.
Radiologists are eligible for meaningful use government incentives, and Belgium-based Agfa HealthCare announced Monday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America that it would help its customers achieve meaningful use with its IMPAX RIS technology.
GE Healthcare announced Monday the 510(k) clearance of its next generation wireless, digital X-ray detector FlashPad at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. The technology is designed to help radiologists transition from film to digital imaging and increase access for patients worldwide.