ECR 2024 Day 1: The Green Hospital: Enhancing Sustainability
2024 28 Feb
With industry companies publicizing their efforts to decrease the energy consumption of devices and unveiling AI solutions for power management, sustainability was one of the main keywords of the ECR (European Congress of Radiology) congress in Vienna. In a session chaired by Jose Guilherme Couto (Malta) and Philipp Brantner (Switzerland), lecturers...Read more
Radiologists’ Reports Can Affect Hospital Performance and Income
2021 28 Jun
A recent study out of the UK gathered data from five hospitals to establish if a detailed review of trauma reports with reference to the coding manual improved accuracy of ISS. Investigators included information on imaging undertaken, mechanism of injury (MOI), Injury Severity Score (ISS), and injury descriptors. Patients with ISS near...Read more
Do Audits Work to Improve Hospital Care?
2021 19 Apr
Researchers from the University Medical Centre Groningen and the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, The Netherlands, recently published findings on “Understanding how and why audits work in improving the quality of hospital care: A systematic realist review”. Quality and safety issues are becoming increasingly important in hospital care...Read more
Fewer Screenings, but More Serious Cases in Italian Community Hospitals
2021 16 Mar
Italy was one of the first European countries to face the Covid-19 pandemic. The first lockdown came into effect on 9 March 2020, to flatten the curve of contagion. These measures had a huge impact on all levels of medical practice. A study was conducted to examine how the workload of radiological examinations changed during the pandemic and how...Read more
Inappropriate CT and MRI use in hospitalised patients
2018 22 Feb
The use of diagnostic imaging has increased significantly over the past decade, and expensive technologies such as CT and MRI have been extensively introduced into several diagnostic procedures. While the clinical information acquired from their use may be beneficial to patients, these diagnostic tests also lead to increased healthcare costs. New research...Read more
Incidental Findings From Scans Increase Hospital Stay, Cost
2017 11 May
According to a new analysis of medical records that were gathered from more than 300 hospitalised patients, routine imaging scans used to help diagnose heart attacks generated incidental findings in over half of the patients. However, only 7% of these findings were medically significant. Researchers are thus urging imaging experts and hospitals to...Read more
App from Children's Hospital LA Enables Image-Sharing
2015 19 May
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has become the first clinical site to offer a free app that allows patient families to receive imaging files via smartphones and other mobile devices, or to request the files be sent directly to another caregiver. The large data files (eg, a typical MR image is about 500 MB in size) are encrypted and stored securely on...Read more
North Carolina Hospitals Opt for Intelerad Radiology Platform
2014 24 Oct
Intelerad Medical Systems™ has announced that Cape Fear Valley Health has selected IntelePACS® as the central radiology platform for their five-hospital network. “When we set out to find a new PACS, our goal was to find a state-of-the-art solution that could handle the needs of a growing health system,” said Dan Cameron, Cape Fear Valley’s Director...Read more
First UK Hospital Implements Latest Siemens PET·CT Technology
2014 09 Oct
Castle Hill Hospital, part of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, has recently opened The Jack Brignall Scanning Centre. The facility is the first in the UK to be fitted with a Biograph mCT Flow EdgeTM PET·CT system from Siemens Healthcare which has been funded by Hull-based charity, The Daisy Appeal. Opened by former Secretary of State for...Read more
Illinois Hospital Offers Mobile Access to Images with Carestream Upgrade
2014 24 Jul
Pekin Hospital in Illinois will soon offer mobile access to physicians after upgrading its CARESTREAM Vue PACS and adding Carestream’s Vue Motion image viewer to allow referring physicians and clinicians to access patients’ radiology images and data. “Our hospital is establishing a virtual environment to deliver easy electronic access to all patient...Read more
UU Hospital / Elekta Research: Integrating MRI, PET in Cancer Radiation Therapy
2014 10 Jul
Uppsala University Hospital (UUH) and Elekta today announced that they have signed an agreement to jointly work at the forefront of imaging in cancer care research. With this research agreement, Uppsala University Hospital and Elekta seek to contribute to the field of personalised care by using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission...Read more
Agfa HealthCare’s IMPAX RIS/PACS Selected by Belgian Hospital
2014 04 Jul
Integrated solution will unify images, data, and reporting workflows across all imaging departments and beyond. Agreement includes IMPAX RIS/PACS/Reporting, Clinical Applications, ICIS View, ICIS VNA and IMPAX BI. Agfa HealthCare will manage all hardware and software. The solution will allow the hospital to grow towards the latest,...Read more
'My Hospital' Films Educate Learning-Disabled Patients
2014 23 Jun
Newcastle Hospitals have teamed with a community arts organisation to produce a series of films to educate learning-disabled people about what to expect as they prepare for hospital appointments which include radiology tests. Each film in the ‘My Hospital’ series features people with learning disabilities, along with their caregivers and hospital...Read more
St Thomas’ Hospital Boosts ERCP with Siemens' Artis zee MP System
2014 20 May
St Thomas’ Hospital, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, has installed an Artis zeeTM Multi-purpose (MP) system from Siemens Healthcare into its new state-of-the-art Endoscopy Unit. The interventional imaging system is the first in the UK to be installed with a large 56-inch full colour screen. During the installation, Siemens worked...Read more
Belgian University Hospital Improves Mammography Services With Sectra’s PACS
2014 25 Apr
The Vrije Universiteit Brussels has awarded a five-year contract to the IT and medical technology company Sectra for the supply of a breast imaging PACS (system for handling diagnostic images for mammography). By providing instant access to images including relevant patient history, Sectra’s solution will allow the hospital to improve the quality...Read more
Agfa HealthCare’s ICIS to Image-Enable Hospital Group’s EMR
2014 27 Mar
ZNA hospital group in Belgium extends Agfa HealthCare’s ICIS to integrate all medical images onto a single cloud-based platform All relevant images will become part of the patient record, regardless of source, leading to an image-enabled EMR Solution will integrate all medical images from different departments and facilities, whether DICOM...Read more
Dutch Hospital Chooses Sectra’s Radiology IT Solution
2014 07 Mar
More and more Dutch hospitals are choosing the medical imaging IT company Sectra, as their regional IT partner and consequently, Sectra’s market share is growing in the Netherlands. One of the new customers is IJsselland Hospital in Capelle aan den Ijssel, a member of the large Zorgservice XL hospital group, which recently signed a five-year agreement....Read more
Toshiba Aplio Ultrasound Systems Chosen to Enhance US Hospital’s Workflow
2014 31 Jan
14 Toshiba Aplio 500 Ultrasound Systems will provide industry-leading depth and detail so clinicians can focus on what matters most Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton, N.Y. is providing its clinicians with a streamlined, worry-free experience by replacing its entire ultrasound fleet with 14 Aplio TM...Read more
Two UK Children's Hospitals Implement Agfa HealthCare's DX-D Retrofit
2013 27 Nov
Royal Bournemouth and Sheffield Children's hospitals benefit from Agfa HealthCare's affordable and versatile direct radiography upgrade solution •Both hospitals upgrade existing CR cassette-based system to wireless DR system, maximising their existing investments in imaging equipment •Quick and easy installation that was easily adopted with...Read more
UK's Freeman Hospital Opts for CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution
2013 03 Sep
The Radiology Department at Freeman Hospital, part of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the north east of England, has recently installed a third CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution room to replace an ageing CR room. Freeman Hospital is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country and the Radiology Directorate within Newcastle...Read more
Belgian Hospital Chooses Agfa HealthCare’s IMPAX
2013 09 Aug
Agfa Healthcare has announced that Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent) in Belgium will implement Agfa's IMPAX for Nuclear Medicine solution, including the Oasis for IMPAX dedicated nuclear medicine workstation package. The solution is expected to be up and running by the end of 2013 and will complement UZ Gent's IMPAX Radiology Information System/Picture...Read more
Carestream Mobile Digital Radiography System Halves X-ray Dosage at Paris Hospital
2013 22 Jul
A 50% reduction in X-ray dosage has been achieved after the University Hospital Tenon, Paris installed a CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System. The Resuscitation Department and Thoracic Surgery Department drive over 70% of X-rays taken at the bedside and after six months of use, 60% of those X-rays are now performed using the DRX-Revolution....Read more
Intraoperative MRI Success at Tübingen Hospital
2013 21 Jun
IMRIS Inc. has announced that University Hospital Tübingen neurosurgeons in Germany, are reporting success toward their objectives of limiting patient risk and improving surgical precision using intraoperative MRI for brain surgery procedures in the VISIUS® Surgical Theatre since its June 2011 installation. "Using intraoperative MRI in the VISIUS...Read more
Sectra OneScreen offers combined mammography and osteoporosis examinations for Paris hospital
2013 21 May
Argenteuil hospital, near Paris in France, is initiating a pilot project offering women their mammography examination with osteoporosis screening in a single examination. The combined assessment of bone health is made possible by Sectra’s patented online service, Sectra OneScreen. Argenteuil is the first hospital in the national mammography screening...Read more
PET/MRI Scanner Installed In Texas Children's Hospital
2013 07 May
Texas Children's Hospital has announced that it is the first children's hospital in the United States to begin using a PET/MRI scanner. PET/MRI incorporates MRI soft tissue morphological imaging and PET functional imaging. The device sequentially performs PET and MRI scans, producing more detailed images than either technique alone. Hybrid PET...Read more
Sectra Wins Contract for Imaging IT in london Hospital
2013 06 May
The medical imaging IT company, Sectra has been awarded a 10 year contract from the Whittington Health NHS Trust to supply medical imaging IT systems. Sectra’s solution will facilitate a more efficient image and information-management workflow within the hospital, and make images and information available to authorised radiologists and referring...Read more
syngo Remote Assist Service for UK Private Hospital
2013 02 May
Siemens Healthcare Customer Services is supporting Spire Southampton Hospital’s diagnostic imaging department through the use of a new remote troubleshooting service - syngo® Remote Assist. The hospital uses a SOMATOM® Definition AS CT system from Siemens Healthcare to perform a number of imaging exams. It was recently required to undertake a challenging...Read more
Agfa HealthCare’s IMPAX RIS/PACS Installed in Saudi Arabian Hospital
2013 29 Apr
Agfa HealthCare has announced implementation of a complete IMPAX Picture Archiving and Communication System/Radiology Information System (PACS/RIS) and Clinical Application solution at the new National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA) hospital in Al Madinah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The comprehensive solution also includes IMPAX Business Intelligence...Read more
syngo Remote Assist Direct Applications Support at UK Hospital
2013 19 Apr
Siemens Healthcare Customer Services is providing remote real-time support and troubleshooting at Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital in the UK, through its syngo® Remote Assist customer support platform. The hospital recently installed a ceiling-mounted Artis zeeTM interventional imaging system from Siemens Healthcare to enhance angiography imaging and...Read more
US Hospital Installs Agfa DX-D 600 DR System
2013 27 Mar
Since installing Agfa HealthCare's DX-D 600 DR system in a fully wireless room at one of its outpatient facilities, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital has experienced dramatic improvements for patients and staff alike. The hospital's primary outpatient clinic, which conducts 20,000 radiology exams per year, chose the DX-D 600 over other systems...Read more
