Search Tag: Radiology
2022 15 Feb
According to a recent study published in Insights into Imaging , European radiologists providing face-to-face ultrasound services widely vary in their use of personal protective equipment (PPE). The current risks of COVID-19 exposure without PPE make this a concern for radiologists. According to a report by the Radiology Section of the European Union...Read more
2022 09 Feb
Enlitic continues to innovate the way artificial intelligence is utilized in healthcare, shifting focus from diagnostics to workflow. Partnerships with the Department of Defense, Konica Minolta, TMC (a Unilabs company), as well as some of the largest diagnostic reading groups in the world give momentum continuing into 2022 with the debut of Curie™, an enterprise platform that utilizes human, artificial, andRead more
2022 01 Feb
HealthManagement.org is always open to submissions on important topics related to management and leadership in healthcare, cardiology, radiology, hospital management, critical care, Health IT, women's health and clinical decision support. Submit your proposals today. Healthcare Digitalisation Pathways - Best practices, future of digitalisation,...Read more
2022 31 Jan
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death and disability globally. Hypertension is a leading risk factor for CVD and causes over 10 million deaths worldwide each year. Over the last 30 years, deaths and disability from cardiovascular disease have been steadily rising across the globe. In 2019 alone, the condition, which includes...Read more
2022 07 Jan
What radiologists must do to remain visible to patients, radiologists at the University of Crete and University of Ioannina discuss in a recent article in the European Journal of Radiology . In times past, radiologists worked in the background, invisible to the patient. During the second half of the past century, clinical training and function...Read more
2021 21 Dec
The workforce supply in Canada, although increasing, has not matched the demand for breast radiologists. To gauge the interest level for breast imaging and determine factors influencing radiology trainees’ decision to pursue this subspeciality, Canadian researchers sent a survey to all 16 radiology programs and all 17 medical schools’ radiology interest...Read more
2021 11 Dec
Given the ongoing challenges brought about by the global pandemic, the European Society of Radiology (ESR) President Prof Dr Regina Beets-Tan announced on Friday that ESR will postpone the annual ESR 2022 meeting in Vienna to 13-17 July. She explains: ‘we are currently confronted with significant legal uncertainty regarding the organisation of...Read more
2021 11 Dec
A study recently published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology found that outpatient imaging volumes increase in MRI clinics where patients are satisfied with their care. Under value-based payment models, patient satisfaction is an important measure of healthcare quality and factors into calculating reimbursements. Previous studies...Read more
2021 06 Dec
COVID-19 sped digital healthcare development in 2020, as care providers implemented digital methods to keep patients and staff safe during the pandemic. Dr Vishal Desai in a prerecorded session for RSNA 2021, described how Thomas Jefferson University’s radiology service managed their transformation from a traditional health care appointment process...Read more
2021 06 Dec
At a 30 November panel session at RSNA 2021, five key opinion leaders from academia and industry discussed the state of artificial intelligence implementation in radiology and adoption strategies moving forward. Dr Paul J. Chang, professor of radiology and vice chairman of Radiology Informatics at the University of Chicago, described the state...Read more
2021 30 Nov
Dr James A Brink gave Monday morning’s plenary session at RSNA 2021, describing radiology’s role in providing value-based healthcare. He serves as chair of Radiology and chief of Enterprise Radiology at Mass General Brigham, radiologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Juan M. Taveras Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School....Read more
2021 26 Nov
Dr Renato Cuocolo, radiologist and research fellow at the University of Naples ‘Federico II’, recently spoke at the 2021 European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (EuSoMII) Annual Meeting about the challenges in assessing research quality in radiomics. Given radiomics’ transformative potential for medical imaging, HealthManagement.org met...Read more
2021 22 Nov
The Radiological Society of North America will hold its 107th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting from Sunday, 28 November to Thursday, 2 December at the McCormick Place in Chicago. Last year, RSNA 2020 was changed to a virtual meeting due to COVID-19 health concerns. This year the conference will encompass onsite and virtual attendance....Read more
2021 11 Nov
General Electric (GE) announced its plans to split into three public companies concentrating on healthcare, aviation, and energy. GE Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. said 'By creating three industry-leading, global public companies, each can benefit from greater focus, tailored capital allocation, and strategic flexibility to drive long-term...Read more
2021 09 Nov
Accelerating Enterprise AI Deployment into Clinical Practice and Broadening Precision Oncology Research Network The combination creates the leading global AI SaaS company for clinical decision support and clinical research in oncology, cardiology, and neurology ConcertAI, LLC, a leader in enterprise AI and RWD solutions for life science...Read more
2021 03 Nov
During magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology’s dawn years, the cost vs the performance gains associated with stronger magnetic fields were open questions. The idea of using low-field MRI (< 1.5 T of magnetic field) is not new, but the performance cost equation favoured larger magnetic fields. For the last 30 years, the MRI standard has been 1.5...Read more