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[Sponsored] Company Showcase: MTMI
MTMI opened its new international headquarters in 2020 with three state-of-the-art classrooms in Milwaukee’s Research Park, near the Milwaukee County Medical Complex.
In Focus: Ann Podrasky
Ann Podrasky, MD, FSRU, FAIUM, earned a medical degree and residency training in diagnostic radiology from the University of California in San Francisco. She served as a fellow at UCSF in ultrasound and computed tomography. She also completed a fellowship in magnetic...
Improving the Patient Experience and Your Bottom Line
A focus on the patient experience can improve care, revenue and more. Imaging professionals share examples of how this approach has worked for them and their facilities.
Rising Star: Taylor Heron
Originally from Laurel, Delaware, Taylor Heron, RT(R)(CT)(MR) has been in the imaging field for about five years.
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[Sponsored] Corporate Profile: The InterMed Group
The InterMed Group began as an X-ray service company in 1992, but it quickly expanded its service offerings to encompass ultrasound, nuclear medicine and X-ray.
Off the Clock: Laura Breuer, Big Fat Pastor Spirits of Loveland, Colorado
Banner Imaging Manager Laura Breuer shares in a spirited business with family members when not providing diagnostic imaging care.
Rad Idea: Masks and MRIs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing patients and health care providers that patients may be injured if they wear face masks (such as surgical or non-surgical masks and respirators) with metal parts and coatings during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam.
In Focus: Mary C. Mahoney
Mahoney is a nationally recognized proponent and staunch advocate of patient-centered radiology. She has been involved in numerous initiatives campaigning to encourage and facilitate radiologists’ meaningful engagement in the patient experience.
LATEST
Canon Medical Receives FDA Clearance on One-Beat Spectral Cardiac CT
Meeting the growing cardiovascular needs of health care providers, Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. announced that its Deep Learning Spectral CT has received 510(k) clearance for expanded capabilities into cardiovascular applications.
Ziehm Imaging Americas and Carestream Announce Partnership
In partnership with Ziehm Imaging, Carestream Health is announced the addition of a mobile C-arm, the Ziehm Vision RFD C-arm, into its growing product portfolio.
Carolyn Hull Receives ANSI 2021 Next Generation Award
The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) announced that Carolyn Hull, General Secretary – DICOM in MITA, has been distinguished as the 2020-2021 recipient of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Next Generation Award. The award is given to an...
Vote Shows Medical Right to Repair Surge
Across the country, hospitals and health care providers are joining a chorus of biomedical repair technicians (biomeds) demanding the right to repair medical equipment.
Philips Installs Digital Imaging Solutions at Westmead Hospital in Australia
Royal Philips has announced the successful installation of its most advanced digital diagnostic and interventional neurovascular imaging solutions in the brand new Central Acute Services Building at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
Canon Medical Expands Partnership with RaySearch
Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. and RaySearch Laboratories AB are expanding their partnership to enable RaySearch’s U.S. salesforce to distribute Canon Medical’s Aquilion Large Bore CT and Celesteion PET/CT products.
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
Reports Forecast MRI Market Growth
Grand View Research, a market research and consulting company, predicts continued growth in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) market. The global MRI market size was valued at $5.3 billion in 2020 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...
GE Healthcare SIGNA Premier
GE Healthcare’s ultra-premium system, SIGNA Premier, features a 70-centimeter bore, a 3.0T short-bore superconductive magnet and the SuperG gradient coil – the most powerful gradient system GE has produced for a wide-bore, 3.0T system. SuperG is designed to provide...
Siemens Healthineers MAGNETOM Lumina
The MAGNETOM Lumina 3 Tesla (3T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner from Siemens Healthineers has a wide, 70-cm bore and cutting-edge technologies that include BioMatrix patient personalization technology with the Select&GO Interface, which eliminates the...
Canon Medical Vantage Galan 3T and Orian 1.5T
The Galan 3T and Orian 1.5T MRI platforms, both with Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) Deep Learning Reconstruction (DLR) and Compressed SPEEDER, were featured at RSNA 2020. Canon Medical’s range of MR solutions are built with intelligent workflow and...
United Imaging uMR OMEGA
uMR OMEGA is designed to provide greater access for your community with the world’s first 75-cm ultra-wide bore MRI. The uMR OMEGA has an industry-leading 680-pound table weight capacity, impeccable image quality provided by its world-class homogeneity, and a unique,...
INSIGHTS
Algorithms and Biorhythms
The most used form of comprehensive systematic analysis among Joint Commission-accredited organizations is root cause analysis, a process for identifying variation in performance, including the occurrence or possible occurrence.
Improving the Patient Experience
Many exams in medical imaging don’t take very long. Often, it takes longer to park the car outside the facility than to have your X-ray done.
Maintaining Standards in the ‘Face’ of Change
For too long, we’ve not seen enough faces. Several doctors I know are concerned about the impact of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations on interpersonal communications.
Orders in the Hospital Setting
The guidelines for the ordering of diagnostic tests in the non-hospital setting have been around for 20 years.
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[Sponsored] Getting it Right. At the Right Time. Every Time. Revenue Modernization During a Worldwide Pandemic
How can patient access continue to increase revenue while creating a customer obsessed culture?
The Power of ‘Pause’
I’ve been thinking a lot about how I “walk the talk” of the leadership behaviors my team and I are rolling out enterprise-wide.
Handhelds and Governance
The proliferation of handheld imaging devices continues to expand. These small medical imaging devices are most often used as bedside or point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in diagnosing or treating patients.
The Magic Trigger
I have conducted presentations and written about the brain’s decision-making process many times.
Here’s the TRICK
As you think about who you want to be and how you want to show up in the world, consider incorporating the TRICK algorithm into your life plan.
