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Merge Healthcare Releases Proprietary Technologies for the Medical Software Development Community

“Unlocking the Vault” on a broad range of internal toolkits and libraries developed over the past two decades.

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading health IT solutions provider, today announced that it will make its extensive suite of internal technologies available to the general software development market. Merge’s OEM team has developed a sizeable array of proprietary software modules during its long history of imaging and connectivity… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on August 5, 2009 at 10:25am — No Comments

PET can help guide treatment decisions for neuroblastoma

Children's hospitals in Cincinnati and Memphis have established the value of FDG-PET for depicting the extent of neuroblastoma in some patients, particularly for those in the early stages of the disease. Findings from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis expand the options available for determining optimal therapy for neuroblastoma. The condition accounts for 6% to 10% of all childhood cancers in the U.S. and 15% of cancer… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on August 4, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Blue Dogs combat liberal reforms, take no stance on self-referral

Blue Dog Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health were credited Friday with combating liberal proposals arising during protracted deliberations that would have cut physician pay. No action was taken on an amendment that would have banned in-office imaging physician self-referral. "I give them credit for taking a bill that was extremely left of center and putting in some provisions that moved it a little bit more toward the middle," said Cynthia R. Moran, assistant… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on August 3, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

ARRS Call for Nominations

Call for Nominations

The 2009-2010 College Nominating Committee will recommend candidates to fill the offices of president, vice president, elected position on the board of chancellors (BOC), Council Steering Committee (CSC), College Nominating Committee (CNC), members in training, and a private-practice representative to attend the Intersociety Summer Conference.

Any member can forward recommendations for any of the elected or selected positions to the CNC in care of the ACR… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on August 2, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Research Position at Harvard Medical School / Harvard-Affiliated Hospital (Featured Job Posting)

Seeking qualified individuals for an opening for a Research Fellow position in Neuroradiology or Neurosurgery at a Harvard affiliated hospital in Boston, MA. If you are a medical student or FMG and are interested in doing research for at least half a year, preferably a year, please contact us at researchfellowposition@gmail.com.

Additionally, if you are a medical student looking for a short- term research project during the summer or as an elective, you may also email the… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 26, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

BRISTOL HOSPITAL RECEIVES GENEROUS DONATION FOR NEW BREAST HEALTH CENTER

Bristol, CT (7/23/09) – Bristol Hospital has received a one million dollar combined gift from Beekley Corporation and the Beekley Family Foundation to help fund its new comprehensive breast care center. In recognition of this generous gift to the community, the center will be named The Beekley Center for Breast Health and Wellness at Bristol Hospital. This announcement was made at Beekley Corporation’s new corporate headquarters on One Prestige Lane, Bristol with Bristol Hospital President and… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 24, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

role of computed tomography in the evaluation of mandibular dis

hi my thesis topic is role of computed tomography in the evaluation of mandibular diseases so please guide me which books i should refer of website thanx for ur help

Added by shubra on July 22, 2009 at 2:52pm — 1 Comment

ACR ACTION ALERT: Congressmen Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Bruce Braley (D-IA) to Offer Self-Referral Amendment to House Health Care Reform Package

ACR ACTION ALERT: Congressmen Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Bruce Braley (D-IA) to Offer Self-Referral Amendment to House Health Care Reform Package

Background:

Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California recently introduced HR 2962, the Integrity in Medicare Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Act of 2009. The bill would close the in-office ancillary service exemption for MRI, CT and PET currently allowed under the Stark self-referral law and end the practice of… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 20, 2009 at 5:08pm — No Comments

PACStacker - Featured Radiologist Tool

Introducing to all radRounds Members and Radiologists this very useful tool, PACStacker!

What is PACStacker? PACStacker allows users to create stacks of JPG (and TIF/BMP/etc.) images on powerpoint presentations. During a presentation, the stacks may be scrolled through as on PACS systems, and also windowed/leveled (only to the resolution of the JPEG file.) PACStacker embeds its scripts into the powerpoint presentation so that it may be used on computers without PACStacker… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 18, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

ACR-RFS NEWS & INFORMATION - July 2009

American College of Radiology Resident and Fellow Section | ACR-RFS NEWS & INFORMATION - July 2009

Moving On and Moving Up

The 2009-2010 RFS Executive Committee would like to congratulate the residency class of 2009 for making it through their visit to the Executive West in Louisville and completing oral boards. We wish the best of luck to all those beginning fellowship and starting out in practice.

"Getting Started" Handbook - Now Available

In… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 14, 2009 at 7:23pm — No Comments

Free online full text journal search - beta

A little side project is now available to play with at liquidchapter.com/search.html.

We were tired of being asked to pay for old journal articles so we knocked up a search that only indexes journals which make their articles available for free without payed subscriptions (NB BMJ requires once off free registration)

You can also filter for only radiology journals or only… Continue

Added by Frank Gaillard on July 10, 2009 at 9:20am — 1 Comment

Gainesville Hot Seats Radiology Review Course for Radiology Residents (ABR Boards)

From University of Florida Gainesville Hot Seats Course 7/9/09:

Registrations for ALL Gainesville Hot Seats Courses are scheduled to

open on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. (EST)!!! Register for the

course you wish to attend as you will not be allowed to “switch

around” without paying a fee.

You cannot register until this time. We are only accepting ONLINE

registration. Please be sure of your attendance before registering as

any changes or such… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 10, 2009 at 8:35am — No Comments

Radiology Secrets (Featured Radiology Book)

Product Description The Secrets Series® is breaking new ground again. This best-selling volume in the very popular Secrets Series® is back in an exciting, updated, and completely redesigned 2nd Edition! With a new, two-color page layout, a more portable size, a list of the "Top 100 Secrets" in radiology, and access to the entire book and more online, it… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 8, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Radiopaedia.org welcomes all new radiology residents!

So a new year begins... for all of you just embarking on your radiology training, come and check out Radiopaedia.org. It is a great way to start your interesting case teaching file and a good way to study. For all of you old and seasoned radiology folk out there... don't forget to come and visit. There is always more content and cases. You can also get a case of the day via …

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Added by Frank Gaillard on July 8, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

ACR Health Reform Update

The Latest From Washington on the Health Care Reform Proposal

The following is an update of the status of health care reform proposals in both the Senate and House and an outlook on the likely timing and ultimate effective date of health care reform.

Senate

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released a bill and began marking up in Committee the week of June 15th and expects to finish by week of July 6.

The Senate… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 2, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

ACR and North Dakota Department of Health to Distribute Free High-Tech Mammography Education Tool to ND Radiologists

CD-based Product Helps Radiologists Improve Life-saving Mammography Skills Online Rather than on Patients

Reston, Va. — The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the North Dakota Department of Health have partnered to distribute 70 copies of the College’s Mammography Case Review (MCR4) educational CD-ROM free of charge to radiologists in the 43 ACR-accredited mammography facilities throughout North Dakota.

Mammography Case Review (MCR4), a self-evaluation educational… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 1, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

ACR Cardiac CT Certificate of Advanced Proficiency Exam

ACR Launches Cardiac CT Certificate of Advanced Proficiency Exam

Reston, Va. — On Sept. 9, 2009, the American College of Radiology (ACR) will offer the inaugural Cardiac CT Certificate of Advanced Proficiency (CCT CoAP) Examination open to all physicians who meet the requisite eligibility requirements and professional experience qualifications.

The rigorous examination, to be offered on a quarterly basis, will be given at the new ACR Education Center, the cutting-edge… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 30, 2009 at 5:15pm — No Comments

KLAS Top-Performing Medical Equipment Companies Announced

OREM, Utah – Jun 15, 2009 – Healthcare research firm KLAS today released its annual rankings of the best-performing medical equipment vendors. Top-ranked companies in seven key market categories – including computed tomography (CT), digital mammography, smart pumps and ultrasound – have earned the 2009 Best in KLAS distinction, signifying their leadership in meeting customer expectations.

Based on evaluations submitted by thousands of healthcare providers throughout the United States… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 29, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

ACR Members Urge House Rural Caucus Against Use of RBMs in Medicare and Change in Equipment Utilization Rate at Capitol Hill Briefing

ACR members Cassandra Foens, M.D., medical director of radiation oncology at Covenant Cancer Treatment Center in Waterloo, Iowa, James P. Borgstede, M.D., vice chair of radiology at the University of Colorado, and Michael M. Graham, M.D., Ph.D., vice chair of radiology and director or nuclear medicine at the University of Iowa, urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives Rural Caucus against using radiology benefits managers (RBMs) in the Medicare system and against a proposed imaging… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 27, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

New iPhone Radiology App: SonoAccess from Sonosite

iPhone applications for radiology and medicine are currently being developed by numerous device manufacturers, medical equipment vendors (in radiology and beyond), and healthcare organizations. iPhone appears to be winning significant market share from physicians, radiologists included, as well as other healthcare and medical professionals! In this article, we will feature one example of innovation on the iPhone platform within radiology. A number of… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 25, 2009 at 1:58pm — No Comments