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American College Of Radiology

CT vendors to install rad dose safeguards; ACR calls for mandatory accreditation

Industry News | Friday, February 26 2010
 

JACR: NIH to measure, track radiation dose with medical imaging

Industry News | Monday, February 01 2010
 

Medipattern, N.J. image center link to digitally detect breast cancer

Partnerships & Alliances | Monday, December 14 2009
 

Teleradiology services use could be slowing

Portal Exclusives | Thursday, October 22 2009
 

Brit introduces critical results tool at AHRA

New Products | Wednesday, August 12 2009
 

Radiology: Radiologist workload increases, IT keeps work hours stable

Top Stories | Tuesday, August 04 2009
 

GE, Medicalis partner on imaging appropriateness

Partnerships & Alliances | Tuesday, July 14 2009
 

Coalition promotes adoption of e-ordering for imaging

Industry News | Wednesday, June 17 2009
 

DRA fall out hits rads, staff and vendors

Top Stories | Friday, June 12 2009
 

Senate roundtable discusses reducing imaging reimbursement

Top Stories | Friday, April 24 2009
 

Computerized order entry system trims imaging utilization

Top Stories | Tuesday, November 30 1999
 


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AHRQ: Health IT could be disruptive while reducing rehospitalization rates, costs

 The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Health IT Standards Committee: Clinical Operations group seeks specificity in standards

 During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.

Q&A: Maine HIE works through a variety of challenges

 The state of Maine currently has the largest operating statewide exchange in the country in relation to population. Although Devore Culver, Executive Director of Maine’s HealthInfoNet, expects that distinction to change in the months ahead, the state’s HIE is entering the final months of its demonstration phase, and is slated to move in to its full statewide implementation in the second half of 2010. Culver, who is former CIO of Eastern Maine Health Care, recently spoke with CMIO about the progress HealthInfoNet has made.   

Webinar: How-to guide for e-medical device reporting to the FDA

 In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.

New patient monitoring model draws scrutiny

 A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.

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