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Is generative AI the future of rapid and accurate chest radiograph interpretation in the ER?

Researchers developed an AI tool for interpreting chest radiographs, showcasing comparable accuracy and quality to radiologist reports and superior textual quality to teleradiology. The AI's rapid, accurate analysis could streamline patient processing in emergency departments.

8 Oct 2023

An exploration of the attitudes towards teleaudiology for clinicians before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers explored audiologists' attitudes towards and usage of teleaudiology.

24 Jul 2023

Use of mobile stroke units linked to improved clinical outcomes

STEMOs (Stroke-Einsatz-Mobile) have been serving Berlin for ten years. The specialized stroke emergency response vehicles allow physicians to start treating stroke patients before they reach hospital.

11 Feb 2021

CWRU and UH secure $4 million to establish research center focused on lung cancer in East Africa

Researchers with the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have secured $4 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute to establish an HIV-associated Malignancy Research Center (HAMRC) focused on lung cancer in East Africa.

9 Oct 2020

University Radiology Group deploys RoyalPay to take patient engagement to the next level

University Radiology Group has taken patient engagement to the next level by deploying RoyalPay, the secure, web-based, payments engine, allowing clients to eliminate manual eligibility verification, and complex payment calculations, while greatly increasing time-of-service payments.

6 Jun 2018

Radiology Asia focuses on using state-of-art imaging to deliver improved clinical outcomes

Radiology Asia, the region’s only bi-annual conference bringing together medical imaging professionals, healthcare providers, equipment manufacturers, medical academics and scientist communities in the radiology field in South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, will address the rising need for a value-based approach through appropriate utilisation of services.

29 Mar 2017

Teleradiology Specialists reports record growth in January

Teleradiology Specialists is positioned for explosive volume and market share growth in 2016 after completing a record number of reads in January.

27 Feb 2016

Ikonopedia's breast imaging reporting tools, MQSA management system selected for use by BelleBridge

Ikonopedia announced today that its breast imaging reporting tools and MQSA management system have been selected for use by BelleBridge, which provides telemedicine services for interpretations of breast screening and diagnostic examinations.

27 Apr 2015

Internet based screening mammography training: an interview with Dr. Holzhauer

About half of Radiologists in the USA who participate in breast imaging are estimated to read less than 2,000 screening mammograms per year. This is a suboptimal number, given that only 3-5 cancers in average are seen among 1,000 screening mammograms.

10 Nov 2014

New digital x-ray imaging delivers results in 5 seconds

Wanting to replace the medical equipment for taking X-rays, the Mexican Society of Radiology (CMR) created a system of digital x-ray imaging, which replaces the traditional plaque by a solid detector, which delivers results in five seconds. Analog equipment take six minutes to develop the traditional film.

8 Aug 2014

Research roundup: Clinics and electronic records; young adults baffled by exchange; Medicare spending slowdown

We found that in 2012 nine out of ten health centers had adopted a EHR system, and half had adopted EHRs with basic capabilities. Seven in ten health centers reported that their providers were receiving meaningful-use incentive payments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

14 Jul 2014

Research report on global teleradiology market

Global Information Inc. announces the addition of a new market research report "Teleradiology Market (X-ray, Ultrasound, CT, MRI and Nuclear Imaging) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019" at GIIResearch.com

17 Apr 2014

Researcher finds 42% of U.S. hospitals use some type of "telehealth" approach

In the first national look at how broadly web-based technologies are being used to provide health care, a University of Michigan researcher has found that 42 percent of U.S. hospitals use some type of "telehealth" approach.

5 Feb 2014

USARAD Holdings offers unique wellness program for businesses through SecondOpinions.com

USARAD Holdings Inc. a leading US Joint Commission Accredited teleradiology and telemedicine solutions provider is now offering a Complimentary Corporate Membership Plan through SecondOpinions.com. This unique wellness program can lower insurance premiums for businesses, increase employee productivity and improve the overall quality of healthcare.

2 Jan 2014

Alliance HealthCare Services, ONRAD form strategic affiliation to provide quality services to customers

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., a leading national provider of radiology and radiation therapy services, and ONRAD, Inc., a full service radiology provider, have agreed to establish a strategic affiliation to develop and support opportunities to further enhance access to the quality services each company provides to its customers.

2 Dec 2013

RAS, Sutter Health join to provide medical care and services for patients in greater Sacramento region

Sutter Health and Radiological Associates of Sacramento have agreed to join forces in providing diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology services across the greater Sacramento region.

20 Nov 2013

Mass. Eye and Ear's OGSH launches new collaboration to care for people ENT diseases

Rates of death and disability stemming from ear, nose and throat conditions continue to rise in developing countries like Uganda, but despite the need, fewer than 15 operating ear, nose and throat surgeons serve Uganda's 33.4 million and growing population. Only two ENT residency programs exist in this country, but many trainees do not remain in the country after graduation. Mass. Eye and Ear's Office of Global Surgery and Health is launching a new collaboration with Mbarara University Science and Technology School of Medicine and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital to help address the need for more trained physicians to care for the ENT diseases and conditions of this population and to help encourage those who are ENT trained to stay in the country to care for those who need them.

16 Nov 2013

Research roundup: Examining the health of future Medicaid patients; Rural trauma care issues; Lessons from Medicare Part D

Under the federal health law, states have the option of expanding Medicaid coverage to most-low income populations, potentially adding millions of new enrollees. Researchers analyzed 2007-2010 survey data from a study population of more than 1,000 people, and found that, compared to adults already enrolled in state Medicaid programs, low-income uninsured adults who stand to gain from Medicaid expansion "will differ significantly from current Medicaid enrollees," the authors write.

25 Jun 2013

‘Ambu-lysis’ edges closer for stroke patients

A pilot trial of giving suitable stroke patients intravenous thrombolysis before their arrival in hospital has produced promising results.

17 Dec 2012

Dicom to introduce DCMSYS router Proxy for medical facilities

Dicom Systems is to unveil a DCMSYS router Proxy, a new feature of its DICOM/HL7 router suite at RSNA meeting this week.

26 Nov 2012