Clinicians at the Harley Street Clinic in London are using the Calypso GPS for the body system from Varian Medical Systems to provide real-time tracking of tumors during prostate cancer radiotherapy treatments. The first such system to be installed in the United Kingdom, Calypso real-time tracking has been used to enhance the precision and quality of treatments for more than 20 prostate cancer patients at the clinic to date.

An online poll of physicians who lead hospitals, health systems and large group practices across the United States conducted after the first presidential debate found more preferred Republican challenger Mitt Romney's plan to reform Medicare than President Barack Obama's, with many still undecided.

October 23, 2012 — EOS Imaging announced that Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has installed the EOS low-dose 2-D/3-D imaging system for orthopedic clinical use.

At RSNA 2012, GE Healthcare will be showcasing a comprehensive portfolio of ultrasound products for use across a broad range of patient exam types. Among the products to be highlighted will be the newly enhanced Logiq E9, Logiq S8 and others in the LOGIQ family.

NEC Display Solutions of America announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) market clearance of the 21.3-inch MultiSync MD211G3 medical diagnostic, flat panel display for the displaying and viewing of digital mammography images for diagnosis by trained physicians.

QuantiaMD, the largest online physician community, and The International CardiOncology Society (ICOS) announced at the ICOS 6th annual meeting in Milan, Italy a partnership to launch the ICOS global physicians collaboration forum on QuantiaMD. This first-of-its-kind partnership brings together an emerging area of medicine with QuantiaMD’s dynamic clinical exchange to rapidly drive awareness, education and training around the cardiac implications of oncology treatments.

While the imaging department’s need to deliver high-priority and critical results efficiently is not new, increased scrutiny by the Joint Commission has established a higher level of accountability and a need for more efficient, closed-loop communication and tracking. Traditional manual methods of managing and tracking the critical test result management (CTRM) process are time-consuming. Increased risk of failure to communicate can result in inadequate patient care, heightened exposure to litigation and susceptibility to inspection violations. There is a better way.

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