Carestream will exhibit its DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray system at this month’s RSNA conference. While currently not available for commercial sale, this integrated digital radiography portable imaging system provides a compact design, in addition to an articulating arm and rotation column. With its small footprint, this system also offers carbon nanotube technology that significantly reduces its weight.
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In a report released earlier this year from Frost and Sullivan, the market research firm pointed to the reality that almost four out of five U.S. hospitals have not implemented an efficient paperless approach to radiation dose monitoring. Even so, dose reduction is but one of several key focuses for CT innovation in the year to come, 24×7 associate editor Elaine Sanchez Wilson explains in this informative article.
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In its session at the World Cancer Congress, DITTA—the Global Diagnostic Imaging, Healthcare IT and Radiation Therapy Trade Association—explained how fragmentation within healthcare systems makes it difficult for them to effectively manage complex conditions, such as cancer, where the various dimensions of care—prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation—are inseparable.
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Every year around this time, we take a step away from latest news in HTM to recap the events of the previous 12 months. In 2015, you may recall, the spotlight was on the challenges of IT integration and cybersecurity, as well as nagging issues surrounding alarm management. What issues dominated the headlines in 2016? Read on to find out.
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The happiest place on earth will provide the perfect backdrop for the annual 2016 Florida Biomedical Society (FBS) symposium, which takes place from December 8-10 at Walt Disney World’s Yacht Club Resort. Over the three-day period, members of the FBS and their vendor partners will congregate in sunny Orlando, Fla., to discuss the latest happenings in the healthcare technology management sector.
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