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IBM Watson Did Get a Chance to Go To Congress-Should be a Permanent Home For Greater Intelligence for Creating Laws

This is funny as 2 weeks ago I made a post about Congress being a needier group for IBM Watson’s talent, more so than healthcare right now and it turns out it did get to visit, but I think it should should reside there permanently. Again, Watson...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2011 2:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Computers, healthcare, Radiology, Congress, Business Intelligence, Politics, Algorithms, SEC, IBM, Watson, knowledge
Philips and Microsoft Collaborate to Streamline Radiology Workflow Connecting Amalga with Phillips iSite PACS

This stands to be a big plus for radiologists to be able to use a single click to access patient records in Microsoft Amalga with a single sign on capability now being extended for imaging. Currently in many hospitals radiologists have to navigate...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2011 1:44 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Health IT, PACS, Radiology, Amalga, Phillips, Data, Single Sign On, iSite, aggreation, Royal Phillips Electronics
Where Should Watson Go Next-The House and Senate For Some Needed Additional Intelligence for Data Mining and Searches

When you think of it, this is not a bad idea for the folks in Congress to have instant answers. I read somewhere that on Jeopardy that Watson was not connected to the internet; however with a connection it could prove very useful during debates...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2011 2:35 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Computers, healthcare, Radiology, Congress, Business Intelligence, Politics, IBM, Watson, knowledge
Two Teleradiology Companies Become One as Virtual Radiologic Acquires to acquire NightHawk

Just a few months ago Nighthawk went through some major upgrades at their headquarters. If you are not familiar with teleradiology those are the folks that read images 24/7 and this can happen when you are at a rural hospital or any location to...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2010 8:14 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Cisco, PACS, Radiology, Medical Imaging, Outsourcing, Emergency Care, Nighthawk, Teleradiology, X-Rays, Scans, Virtual Radiologic
Radiation Over Exposure Investigation Efforts Continue–Patients With Strokes Over Exposed

Finding the solution still continues and more patient stories are coming out with the effects of what happened to them when over exposed, with hair failing out, rashes, etc. One man was even judged by his co-workers as they thought he had some contagious...

Published Sat, Jul 07 2010 5:28 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, EHR, Health IT, Radiology, Personal Health Records, stroke, software, Health, CT Scan, NIH, Audit Trails, radiation, Radiation overdose, Cedars Sinai
Nighthawk Tele-Radiology Services Gets a Major Upgrade with Cisco And Virtualization

I have covered Nighthawk before and if you have had imaging done after hours at a hospital your images could have been read with their service. One of the biggest outsourced markets in the world. They do more than just the US, it’s global and images...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2010 7:05 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Cisco, PACS, Radiology, Medical Imaging, Outsourcing, Emergency Care, Nighthawk, Teleradiology, X-Rays, Scans
Pin Up Calendar Images – “Radiology Style” To Spice Up That PACS Server

This was just too funny to pass up, so this is what the radiology folks get in the way of pin up pictures (grin). The shoes really show up well with imaging too:) There are a few more images to check out at the site here. Scanman, a...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2010 1:28 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest, Need a Laugh, healthcare, PACS, Radiology, Humor, Advertising, Imaging, Calendar, Pinups, Scanman
St. Joseph Hospital In Orange, CA Opens 3-D Operating Room – The “ C Claw” For Imaging

Not too long ago New York Presbyterian Hospital made a substantial investment with the Artis Zeego system with 5 of them. The link below has a video and some additional information. Operating Room Imaging With 3D, Mobility And One Big Large Display...

Published Tue, May 05 2010 9:45 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, EHR, Health IT, Radiology, Cardiology, Imaging, Siemens, minimally invasive procedures, catheter, interventional cardiologist, 3 dimensional imaging, medical records DOD, operating table, Artis Zeego, bypass surgery, Josephs Hospitals, St
Operating Room Imaging With 3D, Mobility And One Big Large Display Configurator – New York Presbyterian Hospital

This is fascinating to watch how the imaging works right in the OR. Cross sectional images are no problem. The video states they have two units, but the updated article here states they have 3 more of the Siemens Artis Zeego units. ...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2010 1:21 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, EHR, Health IT, Radiology, Cardiology, Imaging, Siemens, minimally invasive procedures, catheter, interventional cardiologist, 3 dimensional imaging, medical records DOD, operating table, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Artis Zeego, bypass surgery
Money Driven Radiologist – Accessed PACS File of Patients for the Purpose of Solicitation at Another Facility

I spent many years in sales and this is marketing technique. In sale when one knows they are leaving, they will usually try to get all the information possible to take a competitor and this is how I see this. Is the an ill effect of “hospital...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2010 5:47 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, PACS, Radiology, Marketing, Sales, Imaging, Security Breach, Money Driven Medicine, hospital marketing, Griffin Hospital
320 Bit CT Scanners Offer Less Radiation Exposure Than 64 Bit – New Technology Making the Difference With One Rotation

I know this sounds a bit odd that when we went from 16 bit to 64 bit, the radiation exposure went up and you would think 320 bit would be even more, but not so, we are going backwards now as the beam exposure in circling the body is less, so now more...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 1:32 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, Radiology, Cardiology, CT Scan, Imaging, radiation, exposure, Long Beach Millers Hospital, 64 bit, detector, 320 bit
FDA Looking Into Safety Standards for Radiation Imaging – It’s All in the Software

The software is what stores, creates and overall handles the designed treatment programs for patients. This is good that the NIH wants some audit trails to track dosages and even expand the information to be contained in EHRs and PHRs. I would...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 12:51 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Technology, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, Radiology, FDA, NIH, Imaging, Audit Trails, radiation, MRI- CT Scanner, Code writer
NIH Getting Involved in Radiation Overdoses – Planned Requirement for a Audit Trail to Track Patient Radiation Doses and Eventually Add to EHRs as well as PHRs, Google Health and HealthVault

As more reports on radiation overdose make it to the news, this appears to be an issue that needs some software attention , not only with the manufacturers but also a tracking system as a back up. If it is missed at the hospital or facility level...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2010 2:48 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, EHR, Health IT, Radiology, Google, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, software, Health, CT Scan, NIH, Audit Trails, radiation, Radiation overdose
Nuance Announces Veriphy 4.0, Critical Test Result Management for Radiology, Pathology, Cardiology and Clinical Laboratories

This is a web based notification system built for radiologists that tracks notifications and integrates with existing Nuance speech recognition technologies. It can be used with a phone or with a computer to acknowledge receipt of results and comes...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2009 2:51 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Health IT, Radiology, Nuance, software, Speech Recognition, RadWhere, Veriphy
Medical Devices Controlling Costs and Creating Tag Registries for Implanted Devices Could Help

Creating registries is one possibility with having an area for physicians to look and compare. When it come to using a device, the hospital doesn’t have the ultimate say here in most cases it is the doctor, and for reasons outside of just cost....

Published Mon, Nov 11 2009 12:51 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, healthcare, Medical Devices, Radiology, FDA, Budgets, Implants, Cost, healthcare reform, medical devices reporting data, cariology

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IBM Watson Did Get a Chance to Go To Congress-Should be a Permanent Home For Greater Intelligence for Creating Laws

Philips and Microsoft Collaborate to Streamline Radiology Workflow Connecting Amalga with Phillips iSite PACS

Where Should Watson Go Next-The House and Senate For Some Needed Additional Intelligence for Data Mining and Searches

Two Teleradiology Companies Become One as Virtual Radiologic Acquires to acquire NightHawk

Radiation Over Exposure Investigation Efforts Continue–Patients With Strokes Over Exposed

Nighthawk Tele-Radiology Services Gets a Major Upgrade with Cisco And Virtualization

Pin Up Calendar Images – “Radiology Style” To Spice Up That PACS Server

St. Joseph Hospital In Orange, CA Opens 3-D Operating Room – The “ C Claw” For Imaging

Operating Room Imaging With 3D, Mobility And One Big Large Display Configurator – New York Presbyterian Hospital

Money Driven Radiologist – Accessed PACS File of Patients for the Purpose of Solicitation at Another Facility

320 Bit CT Scanners Offer Less Radiation Exposure Than 64 Bit – New Technology Making the Difference With One Rotation

FDA Looking Into Safety Standards for Radiation Imaging – It’s All in the Software

NIH Getting Involved in Radiation Overdoses – Planned Requirement for a Audit Trail to Track Patient Radiation Doses and Eventually Add to EHRs as well as PHRs, Google Health and HealthVault

Nuance Announces Veriphy 4.0, Critical Test Result Management for Radiology, Pathology, Cardiology and Clinical Laboratories

Medical Devices Controlling Costs and Creating Tag Registries for Implanted Devices Could Help