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Study: Importing imaging exams to PACS reduces need to repeat tests
Sharing imaging exams from one institution to another via picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) can greatly reduce the need to repeat the procedure. That's the conclusion of a recent
Imaging diagnosis may represent best-use scenario for IBM's Watson
Radiology may very well prove to be a sweet spot for IBM's supercomputer Watson . At heart, Watson is an electronic health record reader. Once that technology is correctly combined with picture
Canadian hospital tests Flash-based web PACS viewer
The cost of viewing PACS images is about to come down--way down. Canadian software firm Client Outlook is testing its eUnity Flash-based viewing program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in
GE, UPMC to test PACS-like digital pathology system
Those who say we practice 19th Century medicine in the 21st Century usually are referring to paper medical records, but could just as well be speaking about pathology, since laboratory medicine has
Telehealth takes off as evidence grows that it can improve care, save money
The massive spending on health IT as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and general growth in EMR adoption is expected to provide a big boost to telehealth as well,
Nuance hires former Siemens exec Dillione; Kvedar starts blogging;
> Former Siemens Health Services CEO Janet Dillione will head Nuance Communication's healthcare business. Press release > Dr. Joseph Kvedar, director of the Center for Connected Health at
Fired radiologist hacks Connecticut hospital's PACS
Another week, another EMR breach. This time, though, the apparent culprit is not a professional identity thief or a careless employee walking off with a laptop or USB drive, but a disgruntled former
SPOTLIGHT: PACS adoption
More than three-quarters of U.S. hospitals had PACS technology in at least one imaging modality as of 2008, up from 8.5 percent in 2000, according to a new report from the Dorenfest Institute for
PACS slow to catch on in cardiology
PACS is perhaps the most prevalent form of clinical information technology out there, with so many hospitals having converted to digital imaging in the last decade. But most of the picture archiving
Report: Hospitals considering vendor-neutral imaging solutions
While hospitals may trust their picture archiving and communication system (PCS) vendor, they're not comfortable being locked into a vendor's solution for their entire enterprise, according to a new
