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Mammo viewer… progress is good

Intelerad really won us over years ago with their responsive communication. In sharp contrast to the other vendor under heavy consideration at the time (Agfa), we saw our questions answers and our concerns addressed in a reasonable timeframe time and again. I imagine a significant number of other customers would ...

Shorter PSA doubling time should prompt earlier hormone therapy

BOSTON—Early-stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months after treatment; however patients should forego hormones if PSA levels do not rise as quickly, according to research presented Tuesday at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology ...

Whole brain radiation therapy can lead to memory, learning problems

BOSTON—Cancer patients with brain metastases who undergo stereotactic radiosurgery and whole brain radiation have more than double the risk of developing learning and memory problems, compared to those who only have stereotactic radiosurgery, according to a randomized study presented Tuesday at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO).

Hormone therapy before brachytherapy increases mortality in older patients

BOSTON—Men over 70 years of age with early-stage prostate cancer have 20 percent higher mortality if they are treated with hormone therapy before being treated with brachytherapy, compared to men who are treated with brachytherapy alone, according to a large cohort study presented Tuesday at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic ...

FDA warns Covidien about adulterated imaging agent at Missouri plant

The FDA has sent a warning letter to Covidien’s CEO and President Richard J. Meelia, based on an inspection of its pharmaceutical manufacturing operation Maryland Heights, Mo., that “revealed serious deviations from the good manufacturing practice regulations.”

Calypso’s intrafraction tracking, implantable transponders get new CPT codes

Hospitals and freestanding cancer centers now have two new reimbursement codes for coding Medicare claims associated with the use of the 4D localization system and implanted beacon transponders from Calypso Medical Technologies.

Successor to AHIC establishes board

The AHIC Successor, a public-private entity, has established a board of directors to lead its efforts to accelerate the adoption of an interoperable health information system in the United States.

Georgetown researchers suggest CyberKnife is viable for pancreatic cancer

BOSTON—Due to the fact that pancreatic cancer often reoccurs, treatment options are often limited to chemotherapy, but researchers at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., are utilizing Accuray’s CyberKnife to see if radiosurgery is a viable treatment option in select patients, according to a presentation delivered Sunday at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society ...

Shimadzu launches mobile digital radiography system

Shimadzu has introduced a new mobile digital radiography system, the MobiteDaRt Evolution, for use in North America.

Lantheus joins Bracco for promotion of CardioGen-82

Lantheus Medical Imaging has entered an agreement to co-promote Bracco’s CardioGen-82, a myocardial perfusion PET imaging agent.

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February 9th 2010
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Mammo viewer… progress is good

Intelerad really won us over years ago with their responsive communication. In sharp contrast to the other vendor under heavy consideration at the time (Agfa), we saw our questions answers and our concerns addressed in a reasonable timeframe time and again. I imagine a significant number of other customers would ...
January 31st 2010
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Disaster Planning… how much is enough? Part 4

One of our initiatives right now is to build a Disaster Recovery site. Unfortunately, those cost money. So the people signing the checks want to know what the project is going to provide before approving funds. This is where things get tricky. It is a DR site, it is going ...
January 29th 2010
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Disaster Planning… how much is enough? Part 3

We are fortunate (or unfortunate, depending on the day!) to have a RIS developed in house. This affords us some great flexibility, but it can also cause much stress. Without a vendor to fall back on, the buck stops with us when something goes south. Happily, that doesn’t happen often ...
January 28th 2010
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Disaster Planning… how much is enough? Part 2

Previously, I discussed an issue we had with a PACS server losing a hard drive and also having its RAID configuration fail. This time the topic will be an issue we had with PACS data. To make a long story short, some data was deleted off our servers due to an ...
January 28th 2010
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Servicedesk Plus SSO Configuration

We use Zoho's Servicedesk Plus, and in a recent upgrade, ran into an issue with getting single sign on (SSO) working. Perhaps someone else can benefit from our experience. We were not using AD integration or SSO prior to moving to 7602 (from 7.5.x). Initially, in the Domain Scan and Active Directory ...

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