Even a representative from one of the nation’s leading single-use device (SUD) reprocessors says he understands the support behind a patient consent bill recently introduced in Massachusetts.
In fact, Don Selvey believes most Americans would say “yes” if asked, point blank, whether they would prefer to be informed before an SUD is reused on them — especially one that pierces the skin or enters the bloodstream.
“But when you sit down and explain what’s really going on, people get much more reasonable much more quickly,” he said.

ACT: What are some of the scenarios — decisions or investments — in which a hospital might want to consider doing a simulation model first?
Rainer Dronzek: It can really span from upfront in the facility design to when they are actually designing the processes that go into the facility — then there is the actual operational aspect. In many cases we get called because there is a bottleneck or a specific problem to solve.

All hospitals today face challenges, but none comes close to matching the recent experiences of Louisiana hospitals.


Imagine for a moment, if something along these lines actually had happened. Back in the early 1990s when the debut of the Internet’s World Wide Web empowered anyone to be a writer, reporter, editor or commentator, respectable print publications complained to the federal government about how this new medium was bad for competition. After all, it would likely reduce profits and revenues, which would drive many of the print media out of circulation and out of business.

Editor’s Note: This is the result of a “virtual” roundtable discussion on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with Drs. Rod Ellis, Dan Low, Todd McNutt, George Starkschall and Charles Smith. The first part appeared in the February/March 2006 edition of Outpatient Care Technology.
Please explain IGRT.

Mary Washington Hospital (MWH), part of MediCorp Health Systems in Fredericksburg, VA, has been the area’s premier healthcare provider for more than 100 years. Through the Cancer Center of Virginia, MWH offers the most advanced radiation therapy available. In 2000, they were the first community hospital in the state to introduce intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), targeting tumors with greater precision and stronger doses, while offering better protection to the healthy tissue surrounding tumors.


Talk to the purveyors and supporters of digital radiography (DR) and you’ll hear that it’s the wave of the future and ultimately where the technology is headed – arguably replacing its earlier generation sibling, computed radiography (CR). However, raise that prospect with the CR crowd and you’ll likely hear something dramatically different.


It is no surprise that during the past several years, the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans performed in the U.S. has dramatically escalated. An aging population and technological advances are driving these testing modalities and also forming the basis for extended offerings. In 2004 alone, the U.S. market for diagnostic imaging systems reached about $7 billion. It is expected to exceed $8 billion by 2009, according to findings by Millennium Research Group.

What are some of the noteworthy growth areas for computed tomography (CT) applications today and why are they so popular? The greatest CT growth areas are currently in cardiovascular imaging and functional studies. The ongoing evolution of cardiac CT angiography has increased the ability to visualize noncalcified lesions.

Few medical devices are credited with preventing death and are used so rarely as automated external defibrillators (AEDs), the small, portable, electronic gizmos that can restore the heart’s natural rhythm following sudden cardiac arrest.
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