GE And KeyHIE To Extend Healthcare IT Access In Pennsylvania

GE Healthcare, a major company providing medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions, and, Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE), a healthcare IT service provider in central and northeast Pennsylvania, announced that both are planning to expand the capabilities of Health Information Exchange (HIE) in the region to include chronic disease management, in addition to, improving HIE accessibility to more healthcare providers.
Jim Younkin, director, KeyHIE, said “Working with GE, we’ve achieved our initial goal of enhancing patient care by providing critical patient information, like problems, medications, and allergies to our emergency department physicians. Our next step is to use our health information exchange to accelerate collaboration among a broader set of clinicians.” Geisinger Health System, an integrated delivery network well-known for its creative use of healthcare IT care coordination, also a founding participant in KeyHIE, announced that it has received a $16 million Beacon Community award, provided by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. A section of this award is going to be directed towards using KeyHIE in order to expand patient-focused care coordination throughout a community that involves around 250,000 residents.

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MDCT Aids In Analyzing trajectories and wounds From Bullets

According to a study, published in the March issue of Radiology, Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) offers effective and efficient method in order to analyze wounds from bullets and explosive devices. Les R. Folio, D.O., M.P.H., the lead author of the study, from the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md, mentioned that "The information provided by MDCT has the potential to improve patient care and aid in both military and civilian forensic investigations".

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St. Joseph's Hospital Receives ACR Accreditation In Mammography

St. Joseph's Hospital, Buckhannon, WV, announced that it has received a three-year term of accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR) in mammography. ACR awarded its accreditation after a recent evaluation of the digital mammography services offered at the hospital.
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Mobile Breast Cancer Mammography Screening Unit To Offer Services In New Zealand

Breast cancer is one of the most frequently seen forms of cancer among women. However, the disease has high cure rate provided that it is detected early. Therefore, mammography screening programs are carried out in a wide range of countries. Females living in Albany, northern New Zealand, will be now able to use the services of a mobile mammography breast screening unit, offered by BreastScreen Waitemata Northland.
The mobile mammography unit is going to offer its services at in the Westfield Albany car park in the period from January the 10th to 14th. The service is an example of the continuous efforts from BreastScreen Waitemata Northland to promote the accessibility to breast cancer screening to women.
Moira McLeod, program manager for BreastScreen Waitemata Northland, explained “Breast cancer is the most common cancer among New Zealand women. Each year more than 2600 women in New Zealand are diagnosed with breast cancer. Between 90 to 95% of these women have no family history of breast cancer and more than 650 of these women will die from the disease. Early detection could help save the lives of many.”

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Clinical Decision Support Reduces Un-necessary Imaging Procedures

According to the results of a retrospective cohort study, published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, Clinical decision support may decrease unsuitable use of improved screening exams.

C. Craig Blackmore, MD, MPH, from the Center for Health Care Solutions at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, and colleagues mentioned that "Decision support systems for advanced imaging are being implemented with increased frequency and are mandated under some new governmental health care initiatives. However, evidence of effectiveness in reducing inappropriate imaging utilization is limited."

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Case Reader Is The Latest System To Improve the Workload Of radiologists

It is possible now to offer better patient care through a new software solution that collects data from several sources. This new solution provides faster radiologic reporting with lower errors and cost. The design of this software aims to develop workflow by making key steps-currently performed manually-automatic. Case Reader has been released by Data Physics Research, Inc. (San Ramon, CA, USA). Case Reader is a software solution that improves the workload of radiologists and promotes the quality of image-based diagnostics.

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fMRI Helps In Discovering How Romantic Love Can Last?

According to a new study, conducted by Arthur Aron, Ph.D., and Bianca Acevedo, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to determine the neural correlates of long-term married and in love people in comparison with people who had recently fallen in love, they found that areas attributed with motivation, reward and "wanting'' in both sets of couples have highly similar brain activity. To read the rest of the article please visit:

 

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Pen Bay Medical Center Receives ACR Accreditation

Pen Bay Medical Center's Department of Radiology, the leading regional referral hospital in Midcoast Maine, has recently received accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR).
Since 1963, the American College of Radiology has been considered among the oldest and most experienced imaging accreditation bodies in the United States, as it administers accreditation programs to determine the quality of imaging facilities. National quality standards are being set by the ACR to continue developing patient care. The recent commitment is demonstrated by the ACR accreditation of the CT scanner under the name of Pen Bay X-Ray Associates and Pen Bay Medical Center in order to offer the safest and best possible quality care for the patients of Midcoast Maine.

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Redwood Memorial To Use Digital Mammography For Detecting Breast Cancer

Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, California, announced recently that it will promote its breast imaging capabilities following the implementation of a new digital mammography system in the facility for the first time. The new system was bought thanks to a raised fund of $100,000, which was collected during the 2010 Benefit Ball and Scramble for Redwood Memorial golf tournament.
The public are invited to a ceremony at the hospital next Tuesday celebrating the arrival of the new system at the imaging department of the hospital. Gwynna Morris, a longtime hospital supporter, will be honored during the ceremony. Previously, radiologists at the Redwood Memorial depended on X-ray scanning in order to detect breast cancer. However, diagnosing that disease has become easier thanks to digital mammography technology.
Among the main benefits of digital mammography is its capabilities of detecting cancer in women with dense breast tissue, which are usually more difficult to evaluate using X-ray scans. Digital mammography also offers the ability to edit the digital images, such as zooming or changing the lighting of the images, for better view of the breast tissue.

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A New Development In MRI Provides Faster Brain Scans

A breakthrough in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been presented by an international team of neuroscientists and physicists; the new advance permits brain scans to be more than 7 times faster than currently possible.

According to the study, published in the journal PloS ONE, Berkeley, physicist and colleagues from the University of Minnesota and Oxford University in the United Kingdom described two developments that provide full three-dimensional brain scans instead of the typical 2 to 3 seconds in less than half a second. 
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