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NewsEHRs top ECRI's 'must-watch' technology list for hospital execs
Electronic health records and CT radiation reduction technologies are among the top 10 technologies and technology-related issues that hospital executives need to follow in 2012, according to a new Read more...
MRI use for breast cancer prognosis promising, currently insufficient
Researchers in search of noninvasive methods to diagnose breast cancer say magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has potential, but is not a likely solution in the clinical setting just yet. A study Read more...
Philips partnership aims to improve IT in cancer care
Royal Philips Electronics, better known in the U.S. as Philips, is partnering with Integrated Oncology Network (ION), a practice management and consulting firm that has helped develop and operate Read more...
Data-mining tool helps to justify costly imaging tests
A new data-mining tool may justify the use of pricey imaging procedures. The tool, RadLex Enhanced Automated Leximer Mining (REALM), used in conjunction with the clinical-decision support system at Read more...
Money-saving imaging CDS program gets large-scale deployment
A clinical decision support pilot program in Minnesota has proved so successful at reducing utilization of expensive imaging diagnostics that it will be rolled out statewide and made available to Read more...
Top technology trends for payers
Health insurers will be keeping close watch on genetic testing and electronic medical records in 2010, according to the first of a planned annual series of reports from research organization ECRI Read more...
Conficker worm infects medical devices
Well, here's a piece of malware that's pulling a particularly vicious trick--infecting medical devices at hospitals around the world. The Conficker worm has infiltrated many critical medical devices, Read more...
| Press ReleasesToshiba Installs 1,100th Vantage MR System WorldwideVantage Titan Improves Bariatric Imaging, Reduces Claustrophobia at Geisinger Health System TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Demonstrating the ability of Toshiba’s Vantage™ Titan MR system to help Read more >> |
