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Through partnerships with industry leaders the University of Miami (UM) Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine has established a technologically advanced molecular imaging platform. The platform uses advanced technologies from multiple modalities and PACS.

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Change is inevitable. In the case of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) for 2010, a few new changes accompany the program. But regardless of your status as a veteran or newcomer, it is always pertinent to review the basics of the PQRI reporting program.

For four days in May, physicians, sonographers and vascular technologists had the opportunity to hear the latest information and research in the field of ultrasound at The Leading Edge in Diagnostic Ultrasound annual education conference at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, N.J.

Clinicians who deliver radiotherapy have always been aware of safety issues and the ongoing efforts to address them. Nevertheless, greater precautions and oversight are still necessary.

Can you imagine if anxiety and dread about going to work literally made you sick? For one in three people who suffer from workplace bullying, these feelings are a daily reality that can cause illness and depression.

Building retirement wealth is an important component of any financial plan. But how can two physicians in the same specialty with similar incomes have considerably different income levels in retirement?

Modern radiation treatment technology allows clinicians to develop highly customized treatment plans for every patient. This individual modification capability is necessary, since patient position, tumor location, target shape and target size can change during a multi-week course of treatment. Ultrasound can allow more accurate target localization and soft-tissue definition that may not be possible with other image-guided modalities.

The human anatomy does not lie in convenient orthogonal planes. Blood vessels, for example, follow a curved or tortuous path that cannot be displayed adequately in a single plane. These data sets must be evaluated with the assistance of advanced image visualization programs that enable direct interaction with the data set to appreciate 3-D relationships.

Are you considering an advanced visualization system for your facility? To help you choose and sort out the options during the decision-making process, rt image has compiled the details on vendors’ advanced visualization features.

Over the last two decades the pharmaceutical industry has experienced the rise of drug development costs, while the number of new drugs that have been approved for use has declined. These trends have placed greater emphasis on making earlier, more accurate decisions on the efficacy of promising new drugs in clinical trials.

Grzegorz Jezierski’s hobby is truly unique. The researcher from Opole University of Technology in Opole, Poland, collects roentgen tubes and has more than 800, which shows the changes, modifications and adaptations over the years.

A new crisis of emergencies looms on the horizon. Many institutions may not realize that digital disasters can cripple an organization’s operations as much as an act of nature.

Preliminary experiences suggest that stent-assisted coil embolization of wide-necked renal artery aneurysms is a technically challenging, but potentially effective, renal-sparing endovascular approach.

When the disastrous earthquake in Haiti struck, one radiologist felt it was a good opportunity to apply his teleradiology experience. He established a connection with a facility in Port-au-Prince and offered his services to read and interpret X-rays. Allen Rothpearl, MD, and colleagues continue to assist with Haiti's ongoing medical needs.

The advantages of converting to electronic medical records (EMR) greatly outweigh the challenges. With EMR, everything is legible. Computerized entry of medication and other orders virtually eliminates errors caused by illegible writing. Through systems of alerts, pre-set standards, and drop-down lists of choices, errors can be significantly reduced.

If it's time for your facility to purchase a PACS or upgrade a current system, you're in luck. We collected the information from vendors for you to compare.

With so many day-to-day responsibilities, you can forget about the needs of the customer. But regardless of your duties and responsibilities, customers are the bloodline to every business. In today’s competitive healthcare market, customers have high expectations for a quality experience.