February 26, 2016 — When a child needs repeated X-rays, exposure to radiation is always a concern for parents. A new study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that a relatively new imaging system known as EOS, which provides less radiation exposure, performed as well as conventional computed tomography (CT) scans in assessing limb length.

February 26, 2016 — New Venture Medical announced the release of an anti-radiation product from their research and development group that the companys said is a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer using radiation and the treating of environmental radiation exposure. It will assist in the healing of radiation burns, even when open sores are present. It will also protect only the healthy cells from radiation damage. It selectively helps and protects the healthy cells and not tumors.

February 25, 2016 — The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) announced that the Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) has treated its first cancer patients with proton therapy at a new $200 million facility.

The 110,000-square-foot center, which houses a 90-ton cyclotron, is the first in the eastern United States to offer ProBeam image guided intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) — the most advanced and precise form of radiation therapy.

While healthcare organizations are making great strides to manage patient data within an electronic health record (EHR), imaging data from across the continuum of care is often widely unmanaged, or even missing from the patient’s electronic health history. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) have aligned to form the HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Workgroup with enterprise imaging thought leaders to tackle these challenges.