Feb. 5, 2007 - People treated at high-quality hospitals are more likely to survive and less likely to develop complications, according to a new report on more than 5,000 U.S. hospitals.

"Do your homework and do your research before you check in," Dr. Samantha Collier, senior vice president for medical affairs at HealthGrades, the Golden, Colorado-based independent health care ratings company that produced the rankings, told Reuters Health.

February 5, 2007 – MEDRAD announced today that it has recieved the Frost & Sullivan Product Differentiation Innovation Award for its endorectal MR coil product line called eCoil, internal coils for pelvic imaging including prostate, colon and cervix, used for 1.0T and 1.5T MR scanners and soon 3.0T MR.

FEBRUARY 2, 2007 - At the recent IHE 2007 held last month in Chicago, Dynamic Imaging successfully tested its new IHE mammography profile designed to harmonize the integration of digital mammography interpretation with traditional radiology PACS. As a result, institutions of all sizes will be able to optimize their digital mammography reading workflow.
Features include customizable reading layouts and sequences for any third-party full-field digital mammography system, along with full support of the company’s IntegradWeb PACS.

FEBRUARY 2, 2007 — Silicon Valley El Camino Hospital demonstrated the educational and collaborative capabilities of the IPELA, Sony Electronics’ high-definition IP-based visual communications system. During a live, two-way conference, oncology physicians from El Camino Hospital and City of Hope cancer center, both located in California, shared information on difficult-to-treat liver tumor cases.


If “more is better” is the philosophy behind multislice CT (MSCT) technology today, then it isn’t surprising that 80 percent of the CTs installed in 2006 had 16-plus slices; and that trend will only multiply once Toshiba launches its 256-slice CT system in 2008.

The Digital Healthcare Information Management System (DHIMS) includes PACS as well as other clinical and administrative applications. The components of DHIMS consist of the
• Infrastructure such as the LAN
• Devices that generate or provide a means to input information such as modalities and keyboards
• Storage management
• Information management which in the PACS application is known as the archive manager
• Visualization management which provides the end-user the ability to interact and view the information

I wonder if any vendor, radiologist or IS technology guru really imagined that the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) could realistically become a seamless part of the complicated world of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) and Radiology Information Systems (RIS). In reality, the integration requirements of these individually complex systems strongly suggests that the marriage of these component pieces requires an interface strategy and an implementation to-do (or must-do) list that defies normal information system capabilities and user-required functions.

You may be surprised to hear that some industry experts question the relevance of radiology at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. Radiology is about X-rays and imaging modalities, right? So why is HIMSS important to radiology?
Hospital IT Directors may say that HIMSS is their show, but they shouldn’t go without

February 2, 2007 - The 'Harvard Women's Health Watch' (February 2007) published results of the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study suggesting that many women with heart disease don't get a proper diagnosis because they have a form of the disease that doesn't show up on the usual diagnostic tests. The new research shows that heart disease is not one but several disorders and may shed light on why heart disease often behaves differently in men and women.

Feb. 1, 2007 - Royal Philips Electronics announced the release of its new vital signs monitor, the Philips SureSigns VS3. Unlike traditional spot-check monitors, the SureSigns VS3 has a large 8.4” color LCD display and a simple user interface to make it easier for clinicians to assess patient vital signs information. Designed for use both in and out of the hospital, the SureSigns VS3 is suitable for general care wards, emergency departments, outpatient surgery and urgent care centers.

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