For most of us, handheld devices put the “fun” in functional. In the medical world, these tools do much more — they help save lives.
All hospitals today face challenges, but none comes close to matching the recent experiences of Louisiana hospitals ...
Digital imaging is now ubiquitous in medicine. Contemporary imaging modalities are generating an ever-increasing amount ...
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
It is no surprise that during the past several years, the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed ...
When mechanical ventilation is initiated for surgical and acute-unit patients, protecting the fragile lungs while ...
Chest pain is a common complaint among ED patients, yet failure to diagnose acute myocardial infarction in the trauma ...
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
Editor’s Note: This is the result of a “virtual” roundtable discussion on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with Drs ...
Anyone who remembers – or for that matter, still uses – single-slice CT scanners can appreciate the dramatic ...
Few medical devices are credited with preventing death and are used so rarely as automated external defibrillators (AEDs ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
ACT: What are some of the scenarios — decisions or investments — in which a hospital might want to consider doing a ...
One of the most prominent figures in nuclear medicine in the last half-century is Dr. Henry Wagner of Johns Hopkins ...
Talk to the purveyors and supporters of digital radiography (DR) and you’ll hear that it’s the wave of the future and ultimately where the technology is headed – arguably replacing its earlier generation sibling, computed radiography (CR). However, raise that prospect with the CR crowd and you’ll likely hear something dramatically different.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
About 10 years ago a close friend received some very bad news, but, oddly, she was happy about it. My friend was ...
Acquiring used equipment carries with it certain stereotypes that span the spectrum of good to bad. Facilities that ...
Imagine for a moment, if something along these lines actually had happened. Back in the early 1990s when the debut of ...
A 30-year-old woman arrives in the emergency room with “abdominal cramping and vaginal bleeding. A physical examination ...
What are some of the noteworthy growth areas for computed tomography (CT) applications today and why are they so popular ...
Even a representative from one of the nation’s leading single-use device (SUD) reprocessors says he understands the ...
The Eclipse Powered System is “Power Made Easy” due to its automation and simplicity. The system has been engineered ...
The Harmony V Keyless Entry (push-button) cart features a programmable automatic re-lock and a manual key override. The ...
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