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Merge Healthcare to Speak at the 2009 Society for Clinical Data Management Conference 2009 Society for Clinical Data Management Conference

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merge Healthcare, (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading health IT solutions provider, has been invited to speak on the future of Electronic Data Capture (EDC) software at the 2009 Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) Conference in Seattle, Washington. Merge will also demonstrate its latest eClinical solutions at the show.

2009 Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) Conference:

October 4 - 6, 2009, Westin Seattle -- Seattle,… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 22, 2009 at 7:45am — No Comments

ACR Legislative ACTION ALERT: Please Call Your Senator to Support Reduced Utilization Rate Increase

Chairman Max Baucus of the Senate Finance Committee released his recommendations for health care reform recently and included several provisions that could have a direct impact on diagnostic imaging technical component (TC) reimbursement. Whereas proposals in the House of Representatives and the Administration have all increased the equipment utilization formula from the current 50% to 90% for CT, MR, PET and nuclear medicine equipment, Chairman Baucus has agreed with the protestations from the… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 22, 2009 at 12:50am — No Comments

RTOG Group Chair, Dr. Walter J. Curran, Named Director of Emory Winship Cancer Institute

RTOG Group Chair, Dr. Walter J. Curran, Named Director of Emory Winship Cancer Institute

Philadelphia, PA – September 15, 2009 – Walter J. Curran, Jr., M.D., RTOG Group Chair, has been named the Executive Director of the Emory Winship Cancer Institute and Associate Vice President for Cancer, Woodruff Health Sciences Center. Dr. Curran, who will continue as the RTOG Group Chair, will become the only radiation oncologist in the country to serve as the director of an NCI-designated… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 16, 2009 at 5:42pm — No Comments

Merge Healthcare Expands to the Russian Medical Imaging Market

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Building on a successful distribution agreement established over the past three years, Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading health IT solutions provider, and Rosslyn Medical, a large medical imaging solution provider serving the Russian market, have extended their partnership to expand the portfolio of Merge OEM products available to Rosslyn. This new agreement brings the Russian market access to “zero client” web technologies, PACS applications, and clinical… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 10, 2009 at 10:29am — No Comments

ACR Case in Point Preview for the Week September 7th

Preview of this week's case in point! Please visit ACR Case in Point for your radiology cases today! Monday, September 7 67-year-old female with vertigo induced by loud noises Tuesday, September 8 2-day-old boy with abdominal distention and no passage of stool since birth. Diabetic mother Wednesday, September 9 50-year-old male with pain in distal left forearm with limited range of motion. No… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 8, 2009 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Medical Imaging Saves and Extends Lives: Patients Should Not Avoid Medical Imaging Care Due to Concerns Raised in Recent NEJM Article

Medical Imaging Saves and Extends Lives: Patients Should Not Avoid Medical Imaging Care Due to Concerns Raised in Recent NEJM Article

Medical imaging exams and image guided procedures are increasingly replacing more invasive and often more costly techniques while saving and extending lives everyday. The American College of Radiology, in conjunction with other imaging stakeholders, has long been effectively addressing issues regarding radiation dose from medical imaging exams and… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 8, 2009 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Musculoskeletal Tumor Imaging, Compartmental Anatomy, Biopsy & Therapie (Webcast / CME by ARRS)

Musculoskeletal Tumor Imaging, Compartmental Anatomy, Biopsy & Therapies Doris E. Wenger, MD, Catherine C. Roberts, MD, and Patrick T. Liu, MD

ARRS Web lecture series brings presentations by the best educators in the field to your desktop, available for viewing at home or office and on your schedule. This Web Lecture includes three lectures with an estimated time to complete the activity of 1.5 hours. Target Audience:… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 5, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

LI-RADS - ACR Initiative to Improve Quality and Patient Care

ACR Creates LI-RADS Committee to Standardize Reporting for HCC

The ACR has convened a LI-RADS (Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System) Committee to develop a system for standardized reporting and data collection for CT and MR imaging surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

The production of CT-MR LI-RADS will:

- Reduce the frequency of technically inadequate examinations by specifying minimum acceptable technical parameters for CT and MR surveillance… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 4, 2009 at 10:07am — No Comments

Radiology iPhone App: eRoentgen - Appropriateness Critieria in the Palm of Your Hand!

The iPhone App Store now has yet another great Radiology-focused application geared towards improving quality of care. eRoentgen was developed by a physician at iAtros software. According to their website, iAtros software was founded by Constantine Brocoum, MD to provide mobile medical solutions to 21st century healthcare providers. In addition to eRoentgen™ for iPhone, iAtros is in the process of developing applications for a variety of mobile… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 3, 2009 at 7:02pm — No Comments

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