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  • Community Hospital Munster

    ‘Your heart belongs here’: Improved device, economics help cardiologists keep more patients close to home

    Munster, Indiana, is a thriving suburb 30 miles south of the heart of Chicago. It’s a place where the locals like to stay local, especially when it comes to healthcare. Patients in the area often turn to 454-bed Community Hospital, one of three acute-care hospitals part of Community Healthcare System. 

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    Pathology Is Going Digital: Lessons from Early Adopter

    Five years ago, two key takeaways from a survey of their pathologists sent NorthShore University HealthSystem toward the front lines of a technological revolution: digital pathology.

    The team almost unanimously agreed that, first, it was time to consider AI as an aid to microscopic tissue analysis. And second, 73% wanted the flexibility to work remotely at another site or at home, at least sometimes, via telepathology.

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    The Path to Digital Pathology: 3 Obstacles, 3 Opportunities

    It was about 2000 when Yale pathologist John Sinard, MD, PhD, first heard the prediction. “In five years, we won’t be using microscopes,” a respected peer quipped. “We’ll be examining all our slides as digitized images on computer monitors.”

    Nearly a quarter-century later, Sinard reports: “I’m at my workstation, and my microscope is sitting right here next to me.”

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    15 years into digital pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering offers questions to ask, data to learn from

    With more than 7 million digitized slides on hand, the pathology department at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City represents one of the largest repositories of whole slide images in the world. It’s no surprise the library is so large, as it’s been accruing new images since 2008. And with total case volumes exceeding one million slide reads per year, the inventory continues to grow at that scale.

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    5 Reasons to Pair Enterprise Imaging with Customizable Cloud

    Remember when X-ray abandoned cumbersome film once sleek digital suitors showed up? It happened little by little, not all at once. In much the same way, radiology datasets are leaving cramped hardware spaces for the inexhaustible, ever-flexible expanse of the cloud.

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Data-driven ICM device management: EP’s ‘game-changer’ is building momentum

Sponsored by BIOTRONIK

The world of EP keeps getting busier and busier, and ICMs make it easier for clinicians to keep up. 

November 22, 2021
Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial Healthcare

Objective Evidence on Image Quality Points to a Clear Choice for CT

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

What a difference three years can make. In 2018 the radiologists of Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare registered a unanimous opinion: “There’s no way we’re going with Hitachi as our CT supplier.” Late 2021 finds the same tough crowd still united on the CT front.

November 16, 2021
Survival on the rise among high-risk pulmonary embolism patients.

ED imaging demand skyrocketed in 2021, and many radiology providers are struggling to keep up. What's next for the specialty?

Sponsored by vRad

The United States has faced a growing shortage of physicians for some time. This long-term trend—coupled with the pandemic and increased imaging demand throughout 2021—have led to a highly competitive radiologist employment market at a time when practices find themselves short-staffed, overworked, and in need of relief.

October 19, 2021
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I spend nearly 100% of my shift reading images. Here's how.

Sponsored by vRad

Can you recall the last shift during which you spent close to 100% of your time on clinical duties?

I can. It was my last shift. I had no administrative obligations, no committee meetings, no software glitches, no running around trying to find a physician or tech—just eyes on images and voice into the mic.

October 19, 2021
The long legal saga of Richard Paulus, a Kentucky cardiologist accused of performing unnecessary cardiac procedures, appears to still be going strong in 2022 and might be reviewed by the Supreme Court. The New York state radiologist is facing 36 misdemeanor counts for secret sexual recording without consent, according to a story in the Boston Herald.

The top 7 ways radiologists can avoid medical malpractice claims

Sponsored by vRad

Medical malpractice claims are a significant source of anxiety for all radiologists. Unfortunately, decisions made in the heat of the moment, with the absolute best intentions, can still land a specialist in court.

October 19, 2021
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RAYUS Shines a Light on Radiology and a Bright Future

Sponsored by RAYUS Radiology™

Why would a 40 year old, well-respected player change their name amidst mass industry consolidation? Competitive move? Sure. Advantage for partners and patients? Illuminating. Over the last few years, there has been a dramatic reshape occurring in the practice of radiology. 

August 9, 2021
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Enterprise Imaging Data Management: Why Your Strategy Must Include the Cloud

Sponsored by NetApp

Before the pandemic, hospitals were hesitant to embrace a cloud journey. Sure, some were using the cloud for research projects and used cloud-based applications like Microsoft 365, but use of the cloud for medical imaging data management was largely in its infancy. 

July 7, 2021
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Shine a Light: a Q&A with RAYUS Radiology CEO Kim Tzoumakas

Sponsored by RAYUS Radiology™

On March 4, 2021, Kim Tzoumakas was appointed CEO of the company formerly known as the Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) — now RAYUS Radiology by Wellspring Capital Management. Wellspring knew CDI had significant potential for growth and chose Tzoumakas to lead the organization; Tzoumakas was fresh off a successful turnaround and sale of 21st Century Oncology to GenesisCare in May 2020.

June 28, 2021
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