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Ultrasound News: Reimagining the Sonography Lab
By Keith Loria
Vol. 22 No. 2 P. 26
One of the top-ranked programs at Kettering College in Kettering, Ohio, is sonography. Kettering’s students have access to a lab that mimics a real-life hospital setting, with seven learning stations set up around the room, each featuring a patient bed, ultrasound machine, and a flat-panel, medical-grade HD display. Unfortunately, the technology in the sonography lab was overly complicated and often faulty, causing students and faculty members to become increasingly frustrated with using certain stations, ultimately depreciating the intent of the real-life learning experience. That became the genesis of a reimagined lab that would simplify and improve the experience for all involved. According to Susan Price, PhD, a professor and the director of the medical sonography program at Kettering College, when outlining the wants and needs for the sonography lab project, leaders of the depa
Sharper Imaging: CT Trends and Advances for 2021
By Keith Loria
Vol. 22 No. 2 P. 14
Since CT’s inception in the 1970s, radiologists and medical providers alike have witnessed the technology’s great benefits, including reducing the length of hospitalizations, improving cancer diagnosis and treatment, and determining when surgeries are needed. In 2021, the technology is being leveraged as part of the standard of care process for another important use case diagnosing COVID-19.
“As hospitals saw and continue to see an influx of COVID-19 patients, many are looking for ways to rapidly expand their radiology imaging capabilities,” says Rick Banner, senior director of marketing, modality solutions for Fujifilm Medical Systems USA. “Studies show that CT systems are helping to boost imaging capabilities at COVID-19 surge hospitals, as well as predict the severity of COVID-19 disease and patient outcomes.”
By Aine Cryts
Radiologists, technologists, executives, and vendors will participate in RSNA 2020 as an all-virtual event. The annual conference takes place from Sunday, November 29 to Friday, December 4 on an internet-enabled computer or tablet near you. Boasting more than 350 hours of educational refresher courses, science sessions, and educational exhibits, the conference also features Cases of the Day and more than 190 on-demand sessions.
Human Insight/Visionary Medicine is the theme of the 106th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. James P. Borgstede, MD, president of the RSNA Board of Directors, will help kick off the conference with a session on Sunday, “One World, One Radiology Community A Vision for Tomorrow.”
By Orit Wimpfheimer, MD
Prevention is better than cure, says Arnon Makori, MD, MHA, director of imaging informatics at Clalit Health Services in Israel, the second largest health maintenance organization in the world. He points out that this is a basic tenet of population health, which in part seeks to improve care by assessing the risk of chronic disease, managing that risk, and driving prevention in specific populations.
Across the globe at the National Health Service’s Oxford University Hospitals in the United Kingdom (UK) as well as in the United States at Intermountain Health, the largest health care provider in the Utah, Idaho, and Nevada area, physicians emphatically agree. They view this growing approach to health care as a crucial way to treat patients more effectively, efficiently, and at lower cost. They also agree that in today’s data-driven health care age, AI-driven population health tools can help this burgeoning health care strategy live up to its f