INDUSTRY NEWS
Siemens Healthineers Introduces Cios Flow Mobile C-arm System and More
During the virtual 106th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov. 29 to Dec. 5, Siemens Healthineers introduces the Cios Flow, a mobile C-arm designed to increase the ease and efficiency of everyday imaging workflows for surgical interventions.
United Imaging Caps Year of Expansion with Product Launches at RSNA
United Imaging, a platinum sponsor at RSNA’s virtual conference, announced the uCT ATLAS, a 510k pending ultra-wide bore Computed Tomography system with innovative AI technology.
Canon Medical Launches Premium Auto-Positioning Digital Radiography System
With the launch of Canon Medical Systems USA Inc.’s all-new OMNERA® 500A Digital Radiography System, facilities now have access to a system that offers heightened productivity for fast-paced imaging departments so that technologists can focus on their patients.
PRODUCT FOCUS
Report: Medical Image Analysis Software Market to Hit $4.5 Billion
An increasing incidence of chronic diseases continues to create demand for effective diagnostics solutions, which spurs demand for medical image analysis software. The high growth is majorly attributed to increased usage and uptake of image analysis solutions for diagnosis.
Carestream Dual-Energy Solution
Dual-Energy automatically switches between high- and low-energy exposures to produce a soft-tissue-only image with the bone structures removed, as well as a corresponding bone-only image.
Siemens Healthineers AI-Rad Companion family
Two new artificial intelligence-based software assistants in the Siemens Healthineers AI-Rad Companion family free radiologists from routine activities during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Siemens Healthineers Introduces Cios Flow Mobile C-arm System and More
During the virtual 106th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov. 29 to Dec. 5, Siemens Healthineers introduces the Cios Flow, a mobile C-arm designed to increase the ease and efficiency of everyday imaging workflows for surgical interventions.
United Imaging Caps Year of Expansion with Product Launches at RSNA
United Imaging, a platinum sponsor at RSNA’s virtual conference, announced the uCT ATLAS, a 510k pending ultra-wide bore Computed Tomography system with innovative AI technology.
Canon Medical Launches Premium Auto-Positioning Digital Radiography System
With the launch of Canon Medical Systems USA Inc.’s all-new OMNERA® 500A Digital Radiography System, facilities now have access to a system that offers heightened productivity for fast-paced imaging departments so that technologists can focus on their patients.
GE Healthcare Expands AI, Digital and Imaging Solutions
GE Healthcare has unveiled a slate of new intelligently efficient solutions to help clinicians solve today’s two-part challenge of delivering high quality care while managing greater capacity and workflow issues, exacerbated by the impact of COVID-19.
PRODUCT FOCUS
Report: Medical Image Analysis Software Market to Hit $4.5 Billion
An increasing incidence of chronic diseases continues to create demand for effective diagnostics solutions, which spurs demand for medical image analysis software. The high growth is majorly attributed to increased usage and uptake of image analysis solutions for diagnosis.
Carestream Dual-Energy Solution
Dual-Energy automatically switches between high- and low-energy exposures to produce a soft-tissue-only image with the bone structures removed, as well as a corresponding bone-only image.
Siemens Healthineers AI-Rad Companion family
Two new artificial intelligence-based software assistants in the Siemens Healthineers AI-Rad Companion family free radiologists from routine activities during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations.
SPOTLIGHT
In Focus: Joyce Timko
By John Wallace In Middletown, New York, Garnet Health Medical Center Director of Diagnostic Imaging Joyce Timko faces challenges on an almost daily basis … and she loves it! In fact, those challenges are one of the things she loves about her career choice. “I love...
Rising Star: Daniel Lapic
By Erin Register Originally from Beaver, Pennsylvania, Daniel Lapic, 43, is the supervisor of CT imaging at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh. Lapic spent 17 years as a CT technologist, including four years as the lead technologist, and has been in his current position...
Off the Clock: Mark Watts, Enterprise Imaging Director: Fountain Hills Medical Center
By Matt Skoufalos When Mark Watts, a native of Portland, Oregon, first moved to Arizona, he was struck by its natural beauty. Arizona has a rich history of commercial mining, and Watts was taken by the romantic notions of land claims laws related to its prospecting...
RAD IDEA: A3 Format and Process Improvement Methodologies
By Kimlyn N. Queen-Weis I like to utilize the A3 Format and Process Improvement Methodologies in collaboration with humble inquiry and coaching to empower my associates to become problem solvers at the front lines. I am a firm believer that our front line team members...
Rising Star: James Glasheen
From Schoolcraft, Michigan, James Glasheen, 30, is a radiology supervisor for Spectrum Health Big Rapids and Reed City hospitals.
INSIGHTS
E/M Opportunities?
One of the big items of discussion this year are the upcoming changes to Evaluation & Management (E/M) coding documentation and reimbursement. All radiology practices should be evaluating their practices’ patterns to determine if the new changes could yield new opportunities to bill for outpatient patient visits.
How to Make Your Next Mobile CT & MRI Lease a Win
Whether your project entails the replacement of your existing CT or MRI, adding capacity to manage your existing patient load, or as a long-term solution for your scanning needs, a quality mobile provider, like Avante Health Solutions, can contribute to making your project progress smoothly.
Benefits of a Mentor or Coach
Good mentors and coaches are powerful assets. Some think mentoring and coaching is the same thing, but differences exist.
Good Boss vs. Bad Boss
It becomes difficult to continue to feel passion for the job once you see a lapse in integrity in your boss.
Why would anyone want to work here?
Why would anyone want to work here? Our goal is to have our team ask, “Why wouldn’t you want to work here?”
A Healthy Work Environment
Our work environment is critical to our success, yet we spend so little time considering the conditions and ergonomics of that space. This has been exacerbated by the shift to working from home.
Cath/EP Lab and Hybrid OR Monitor Failure Rates Skyrocket
Cath lab operations are dependent on medical displays, as these monitors allow physicians to visualize a patient internally and perform the necessary procedure.
Making Remote Work “Work”
As your organization may be evaluating the long-term effects of remote work operations, it’s important to be proactive and diligent in optimizing the remote work environment.
Vendor Relations: a Director’s Perspective
Vendor relations is a hot topic among my colleagues, and I am sure vendors have much to say about radiology leaders also.
AUC Pivot
By Melody Mulaik The testing period for Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) implementation is almost over – well not quite. While there was no information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule released...
