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Why Radiologists Lose Hospital Contracts
A paper published in the March issue of The Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) outlines some of the reasons why radiology groups lose hospital contracts and what can be done to help prevent it. The full paper, titled "Why Radiologists Lose Their Hospital Contracts: Is Your Contract Secure?" by Lawrence R. Muroff, MD, is available online on the JACR website.
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Philips and Microsoft Join Forces on Informatics Platform
Philips Healthcare, Andover, Mass, and Microsoft Corp, Redmond, Wash, are teaming up to build a healthcare informatics platform and advanced clinical decision support products. The companies intend to build new software that will drive efficiency and effectiveness at the point of care, while reducing development and infrastructure costs.
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Merge and MGH Partner on New Mobile IT Applications
Merge Healthcare, Milwaukee, and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, are launching a pilot project that will build a testing ground for new medical imaging mobile health care applications. The collaboration will incorporate Merge's new iPhone app, eFilm Mobile.
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ACR: Accreditation for All
The American College of Radiology (ACR), Reston, Va, has testified before a Congressional subcommittee that legislation is needed for requiring advanced imaging accreditation for all facilities including hospitals.
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Stanford U Docs Recommend Old Mammography Guidelines
Physicians from Stanford University, Stanford, Calif, stated at a community education program that it was too soon for patients and insurers to adhere to the new Federal guidelines for breast cancer screening.
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First Printer-based Healthcare Downtime Solution
Lexmark International, Inc. Lexington, Ky is introducing the first printer-based healthcare downtime solution, which gives hospitals 24/7 access to critical forms and reports, even if their hospital information systems fail or the network goes down.
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Fujifilm Completes its Largest Imaging Virtualization Archive Solution
FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA Inc, Stamford, Conn, has completed its largest PACS archive virtualization solution with Clarian Health, Indianapolis, Indiana. The system replaces Clarion's legacy PACS with a fully virtualized Synapse system with complete disaster recovery.
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Community Hospital Chooses Toshiba for its Contrast-Free MRA
Little Company of Mary, a non-profit Catholic community hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill has installed Toshiba's Vantage Atlas MR for Toshiba's proprietary contrast agent free MRA technique.
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DSS Demos RadWise Decision Support System at HIMSS
DSS, Inc, Juno Beach, Fla, a provider of software, integration, installation, project management, training, demonstrated its new radiology decision support system, RadWise, at HIMSS.
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