All of the questions surrounding the stimulus funding and what “meaningful use” really means is enough to give anyone a HITECH headache. On June 16, the Meaningful Use Workgroup released the definition of “meaningful use” in the “Meaningful Use Matrix.”* I thought they wanted to reduce redundancy. The definition included medical imaging in a couple of places.

July 23, 2009 - The World Health Imaging Alliance (WHIA) is changing its name to World Health Imaging, Telemedicine and Informatics Alliance (WHITIA) and expanding its mission to include bringing access to highly-trained medical professionals and the use of health informatics to help improve healthcare delivery in the developing world. Additionally, WHITIA announced that Newton N.

July 23, 2009 – Advanced visualization and analysis software company Ziosoft Inc. released the latest version of its 3D thin-client software, adding MR cardiac and CT cardiac function applications.

The HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and its impact on radiology is foremost on the minds of everyone in healthcare.

Advances in the medical field have allowed physicians to treat cancer patients in a number of different ways, including surgery and radiation therapy. These advances have helped to prolong lives and made treatments possible where none were before.

Women may sometimes choose a mastectomy over radiation therapy because either they cannot meet the daily demands of a five to seven-week radiation treatment schedule or they fear recurrence and feel a mastectomy is a safer choice.

The art of radiation therapy is finding the balance between speed and accuracy. The challenge is to deliver the optimal amount of dose with pinpoint precision and without damaging healthy surrounding tissue. This task is further complicated, however, by fiscal pressures that force clinicians to put a premium on patient throughput, narrowing that window of accuracy.


According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is second only to lung cancer as America’s leading cancer killer each year. Over 50,000 Americans will die from colon cancer this year alone. While this is a staggering statistic, it is estimated that less than half of the Americans who are recommended to be screened for colon cancer actually get tested.

Huntington Beach Diagnostic Imaging and Breast Center (HBDI) in Huntington Beach, Calif., is a state-of-the-art imaging practice located adjacent to Huntington Beach Hospital. HBDI, originally part of Huntington Beach Hospital, provided inpatient and outpatient mammography, ultrasound, MRI, CT, nuclear medicine and X-ray services.

July 22, 2009 – Before implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system, providers must first gain control of the number of records, forms and files flowing through the organization, and a recent Xerox Corp. study explained issues involved.

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