GE Healthcare welcomed dignitaries, visiting hospital personnel and members of the media to the grand opening of its innovative new Repair Operations Center (the ROC) in Oak...
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IT is Coming and You Can’t Stop IT!
By John Garrett It is coming, in the larger cities it may be here already and you won’t be able to stop it. There are men and women in suits that are a little too slick...
Microsoft XP migration in 2017 – What Are You Waiting On?
There appears to still be some revelation out there in the medical imaging community that “no one ever told me Microsoft had sunset Windows XP in 2014!” So, now what am I...
Pass the Torch!
There seems to be a disturbing trend within the imaging community. It has become more and more common for an in house Field Service Engineer (FSE) to be more of a first look...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – THE NEXT FRONTIER OF IMAGING
Imaging clinicians want a bigger role in health care, one that allows them a say in patient management. Ideally it would be a role that goes from diagnosis to clinical...
Legal, Technical, and Document Writing: Yes, it is That Important!
The documentation of the work done on all imaging equipment is required by licensing bodies. That is well known. Work orders can be used as a resource for troubleshooting...
Documentation, Learn to Love it!
The truth of the modern world of medical imaging is: If you did not document it, it did not happen! The requirements for documentation are ever expanding. Preventive...
How to Build a Career in Medical Imaging
The world of medical imaging is a very unique place to find yourself. It is a small community compared to other job fields. Anyone that has been around for any length of...
Happy New Year – Imaging Reimbursements Take Another Hit
With the drop of the New Year’s ball – it’s the end of the road for both analog radiographic film based imaging and computed radiography (CR) systems which are memorialized...
Partnerships
You will often hear a salesman talk about partnerships with the hospital or imaging center. They are all smiles and desire nothing more than to be your best friend. However,...
