Category Archives: Imaging
No excuses, get an EHR!
July 20, 2012 – 3:28 PM
An acquaintance of mine who, like me, has inflammatory bowel disease, received a call recently from her local hospital informing her they had lost her MRI images. They found them, but she is concerned they will have to retake them…
Why isn’t more preventative healthcare covered by insurance?
October 21, 2011 – 5:30 PM
I went to see my doctor a few weeks ago for a physical. Since I just turned 40, he recommended that I have a CT scan to check for calcification in my heart valves. Maybe I would have said “no,”…
NLST results create huge opportunity for med-tech
July 12, 2011 – 5:49 PM
Late last month, the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN; Philadelphia) along with the National Cancer Institute’s Lung Screening Study Group released the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). The study supports the idea that CT Screening in older,…
Israel is the land of milk, honey and med-tech
June 3, 2011 – 3:02 PM
When one thinks about countries that are hotbeds for medical technology innovation, Israel would not likely be at the top of anyone’s list. But people in the know will tell you that this small country, with a population of just…
Doc fix awaiting another patch
May 31, 2011 – 11:02 PM
Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted down a higher debt ceiling for the U.S. government, Congress can go back the drawing board on deciding how many Medicare spending cuts the voters and stakeholders can stomach, but as…
Forget the naysayers: interventional cardiology’s outlook is great
May 5, 2011 – 2:17 PM
Top 10 reasons interventional cardiologists should be happy
