In today’s world, it’s hard to understand that a regimen of surgical resection followed by radiation and chemotherapy – a procedure practiced in medicine for over 100 years – is still the standard of care in the treatment of breast cancer.
But amazing advancements may one day obviate the need for surgery at all thanks in part to emerging technologies such as cryoablation and radiofrequency heat and laser ablation – technologies that are not only catching cancer cells earlier, but obliterating them without the damaging effects of radiation and chemicals.

Adult obesity is on the rise. According to the International Obesity Task Force (May 2004), one quarter of the world’s population is overweight, 312 million of whom are obese. Obesity levels have reached all-time highs in the U.S. with 30 percent of the adult population 18 or older classified as obese.
The term “extremely obese” or morbidly obese is used to describe patients with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equivalent to 40 kg/m2 or greater than 35 kg/m2 with co-morbidities. Extremely obese patients can range from 250 or 350 pounds to 1,000 pounds.

Breast Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging has gained significant attention in the past three years resulting in many facilities increasing their number of patient scans by over 400 percent. This requires special attention to patient and physician workflow in order to accommodate the increase demand.


Among the array of clinicians that Outpatient Care Technology covers and reaches, oncologists arguably are the most computer-savvy – at least with their profession.
Why? They routinely use information systems to precisely target tumors and diseased tissue, shape radiation beams and deliver the optimal dose of radiation therapy.
But that’s not all. A growing number of radiation therapists also are plugging electronic health record capabilities into their IT systems at a seemingly faster clip than their counterparts in other clinical settings.

Provox Technologies Corp. has announced the availability of VoxComparison, a new tool added to the VoxReports solution that allows radiologists to search for comparative studies at the point of dictating a study. In partnership with Vivalog, Provox reportedly enables radiologists to improve diagnoses and reduce errors during the report creation process by providing a seamless way to query the Vivalog MyPACS knowledgebase.

Calgary Scientific Medical Group has announced FDA clearance of software that extends advanced medical visualization capabilities from a radiology workstation to standard computer systems. The ResolutionMD software enables standard desktop and laptop computers to transform CT, MR, PET and other medical image data from scanning systems into 2-D and 3-D visualizations.

GE Healthcare announced today that Community Health Network has selected GE’s Centricity Enterprise as part of its plan to create comprehensive digital medical records from which doctor’s can make more informed treatment decisions.

GE’s Centricity Enterprise is designed to help customers access critical clinical information, reduce administrative workload and automate billing processes.

The FDA has cleared EDDA Technology’s new IQQA-Liver, an analysis software that provides diagnostic decision support for evaluating hepatic lesions using multiphase multi-detector CT.

IQQA-Liver manages 4-D patient liver image data and supports diagnostic decision making automatically by leveraging analysis algorithms and powerful visualization tools.

Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology has announced the extension its radiology offering through a partnership with Apex Radiology, a provider of general and nighttime teleradiology services.

In the agreement, Franklin and Seidelmann will use Apex Radiology to provide general and nighttime radiology interpretations from various modalities including X-ray, ultrasound and CT, while providing subspecialty expertise for Apex Radiology clients. With the new partnership, Franklin and Seidelmann can now service imaging center, radiologist groups and hospitals.

IBM Corp. is collaborating with Bycast Inc. to establish an enterprise-wide storage system at Iowa Health System. The new system is based on IBM’s Grid Medical Archive Solution, a tool designed to allow cardiology, radiology and other digital images to be shared across multiple sites as well as provide long-term storage.

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