Managing an inventory of more than 19,000 pieces of equipment is no small task, but when you consider the people utilizing the equipment—children—it can up the sense of responsibility. It’s something the clinical engineering department at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics knows all too well. In this informative article, department members share the secrets to their success.
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Earlier this week, Siemens Healthineers unveiled its Somatom Confidence RT Pro dedicated CT scanner at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology in Boston. Designed for radiation oncologists and physicists, the new Somatom Confidence Pro CT system is the first system of its kind to provide electron density images with a “single-energy” scan.
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Carolinas HealthCare System, a top health care organization in the Southeast, has purchased an imaging system from EOS imaging. The system will be used for both pediatric and adult patients at a dedicated imaging center in Carolina HealthCare’s Morehead Medical Plaza campus in Charlotte, N.C.
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The global durable medical equipment (DME) market is expected to reach $242.1 billion by 2024, according to a recent ReportLinker study. Greater government funding and public-private partnerships, as well as an aging worldwide population, are contributing to this growth.
Read MoreToshiba Medical Systems has acquired Belfast medical imaging firm Medical Imaging NI—its partner for the past 25 years. The acquisition will enable Toshiba to develop new imaging equipment and service offerings for its CT, MRI, x-ray and ultrasound customers.
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