May 26, 2010 - Cloud-based services, including access to picture archive and communication systems (PACS), are creating a new paradigm for users as well as creating a new business model.

A cloud environment enables ubiquitous access to programs, reduces the dependence on the users' bandwidth and computer power, and eliminates the danger of obsolescence.

May 26, 2010 – Radiologist Ronald Cooper, M.D., borrowed $1.5 million to buy and expand services at a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facility in Vero Beach, Fla. Cooper is among the 5,000 doctors, dentists and health care providers who have borrowed more than $2.5 billion in government-backed loans under the economic stimulus law.

May 25, 2010 - Radiologists expect disparate clinical information technology (IT) systems to be interoperable and allow them to exchange images and contextual data with referring physicians and other specialists.

To enable interoperability, information management systems are building standards-based health level seven- (HL7) compliant interfaces.

May 25, 2010 - Attendees will learn how to leverage radiology, cardiology and image-processing tools to improve workflow efficiency and enhance the delivery of patient care at the the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2010 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, June 3 to 6.

May 25, 2010 - Upon the acquisition of Amicas, a radiology and cardiology information technology (IT) developer, Merge Healthcare will display Amicas products at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting June 3 - 5, 2010 in Minneapolis.

May 25, 2010 - Whether detecting cancer, heart or brain imaging, renal exams or bone scans, physicians must be able to rely on their positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT/CT) scanners.

May 25, 2010 - May 25, 2010 - Radiologists using decision support helped decrease the percentage of low-yield exams from 5.4 percent of total number of requests to 1.9 percent of total requests, according to a study appearing in the June issue of Radiology.

May 24, 2010 - The provision of 3-D/4-D imaging functionality as an integral component of a picture archive and communication systems (PACS) solution is a recent development in the market.

As PACS vendors add advanced visualization to the package, attendees at the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2010 Annual Meeting, June 3 to 5, in Minneapolis.

May 24, 2010 - Utilizing the iso-osmolar agent Visipaque (iodixanol) could save hospitals $54,617 per 100 patients when compared to the low osmolar nonionic agent iopamidol. This was according to results from a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C., held May 19-21.

May 24, 2010 - The legendary rock band DEVO will help celebrate the extension of a digital radiography (DR) product line. The band will return to their recording studios to sing specially-written lyrics to the tune of the band’s famous 1980 “Whip It” song.

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