Clinical News: Page 1081

U.K. report criticizes equipment purchasing at NHS trusts
By Rebekah Moan
The U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) is leaving trusts to their own devices, literally and figuratively, when it comes to purchasing medical imaging equipment, according to a report published by the National Audit Office on 30 March.
March 30, 2011
New Healthcare Informatics Digital Community; unrest in Norway
By Philip Ward
March 29, 2011
Eckert & Ziegler posts record sales
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Eckert & Ziegler, parent company of radiotherapy and radioisotope developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products, achieved record sales from ongoing business operations in 2010.
March 29, 2011
Coded reports triage strengthens radiologists' clinical role
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Failure to communicate significant abnormal findings to clinicians can have life-threatening consequences for patients. Radiologists at Dublin's Mater Misericordiae University Hospital have implemented a system for making results' urgency easily understood at first glance.
March 29, 2011
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Speech recognition errors surprise Canadian breast facility
By Cynthia E. Keen
When radiologists use speech recognition technology to create reports and then do their own editing, report turnaround times in an imaging department often improve dramatically. But the trade-off for speed of delivery can be an increased error rate, as indicated in a study from the 2011 ECR.
March 29, 2011
Siemens launches reporting software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has launched a new Web-based software application designed to make it easier for radiologists to communicate reports to referring physicians.
March 28, 2011
Elekta wins Swiss contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Oncology firm Elekta is collaborating with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland to develop treatment planning and oncology information systems (OIS) for proton therapy, the company said.
March 28, 2011
Efficient home working for radiologists: Myth or reality?
By John Brosky
BRUSSELS - Tired of rush-hour traffic jams on the heavily congested ring road, radiologists in Brussels are pioneering the concept of carrying out reporting from their homes. But the switch is not as simple as you may think.
March 28, 2011
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Men need imaging for breast cancer evaluation
By Erik L. Ridley
Since clinical examination isn't sensitive enough to detect male breast cancer, men need to receive imaging tests for evaluation of suspected breast disease, according to researchers from Cambridge University Hospital in Cambridge, U.K.
March 28, 2011
UCSD student strives to bring US to Uganda
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A fourth-year student at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine will be traveling to Africa in May to try to make medical imaging technology more widely available in low-income countries.
March 28, 2011
SuperSonic Imagine adds 3D to Aixplorer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology firm SuperSonic Imagine has introduced a 3D breast package for its Aixplorer ultrasound system.
March 28, 2011
Agfa posts flat revenue growth in 2010
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
As expected, growth in Agfa HealthCare's IT division was not yet enough to offset revenue declines in its traditional film business in 2010.
March 28, 2011
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