Search Tag: IT
2020 13 Nov
High protection goals such as confidentiality and integrity for medical data (including patient data) require the highest standards of information security not only since the GDPR came into force. While classic firewall technologies provide good protection at network level, a web application at a higher level must be able to withstand a whole bundle...Read more
2020 05 Nov
The hospital in Uster, Switzerland, had to replace its radiology information system and has opted for Medavis RIS. Without a Radiology Information System (RIS), it is difficult to work effectively in radiology today. All the more annoying, if the highly individualized product is no longer maintained by the provider and is not developed further...Read more
2019 23 Apr
For all it's value and pivotal role in furthering health, medicine and innovation, information technology (IT) has created a very significant caveat: risk in communicating unexpected findings. A report published in JACR explains how failure to communicate is one of the greatest problems facing radiologists today. Courts have consistently found that...Read more
2013 28 Jun
Patients at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center are being exposed to significantly less radiation during CT scans because of new technology that allows doctors to more tightly control radiation doses. The innovative imaging software reduced overall radiation exposure from CT scans by 37 percent, according to two new studies published online...Read more
2013 27 Jun
GE Healthcare has been given Frost & Sullivan's Award for Excellence in Radiology Informatics. Frost & Sullivan’s Excellence in Best Practices Awards are presented annually to companies that are predicted to encourage significant growth in their industries, have identified emerging trends before they became the standard in the marketplace and have...Read more
2013 10 Jun
Agfa HealthCare has released ICIS™ View 3.0*, the medical images and results viewer. ICIS View 3.0 allows access to patient imaging data from any PACS or VNA, using a single viewer. This provides access to the most current and relevant patient imaging data directly from the source. ICIS View is powered by the innovative XERO® technology and is...Read more
2013 04 Jun
A new report by Global Industry Analysts on the US and European Computer Aided Detection (CAD) markets has been released. The CAD market in the US is projected to reach US$323 million by 2018, driven by increasing prevalence of cancer, proven efficiency of the technology in breast cancer detection, and development of advanced technologies. CAD...Read more
2013 29 May
Agfa HealthCare has announced it has been awarded a new contract to provide a full spectrum of radiology, cardiology and enterprise imaging solutions to Novation, a leading healthcare supply chain expertise and contracting services company. The three-year agreement is effective May 1, 2013 through April 30, 2016. Included in the extensive list...Read more
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
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
2013 11 Apr
Improved imaging devices and adoption of PACS in hospitals has dramatically improved the ability to digitally share medical image studies via portable storage, mobile devices and the Internet. However, many of these systems are proprietary vendor-specific applications. In addition there are still interoperability and deployment issues which reduce...Read more
2013 02 Apr
Sectra has signed a six-year contract with Swedish healthcare provider Region Skåne. The contract includes development, maintenance and support for the region-wide Sectra IT solution, which is used in radiology, clinical physiology, nuclear medicine and mammography to manage and communicate patient information. The order value amounts to SEK 55.8 Million...Read more