Agfa HealthCare’s DR and CR Solutions Provide Tools to Help Manage Patient Safety
eMix Improves Clinical Care at Academic Medical Center in Virginia
Safety and Quality in Radiology
In 3rd annual conference, American College of Radiology focused on safety, utilization, process improvement, and physician outcomes.
Fortify HIT Contracts with Education and Ethics to Protect Patient Safety, Say Informatics Experts
An original and progressive report on health information technology (HIT) vendors, their customers and patients, published online, makes ground-breaking recommendations for new practices that target the reduction or elimination of tensions that currently mar relationships between many HIT vendors and their customers, specifically with regard to indemnity and error management of HIT systems.
HIMSS Launches New CPOE Wiki
Statewide Initiative Launched to Help Ensure Patients Receive Appropriate High-Tech Diagnostic Imaging Exams
A new initiative launched by the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI, www.icsi.org), a nonprofit, health care improvement organization, could save the Minnesota health care community more than $28 million annually, as well as improve patient care and provider groups’ productivity.
First Certified Professionals in Aging Services Risk Management Designated
ECRI Institute and the Center for Aging Services Risk Management (CASRM) announce that 32 participants from aging services organizations around the nation have been designated as Certified Professionals in Aging Services Risk Management (CPASRM) by the Center for Aging Services Risk Management.
FDA Working to Prevent Radiation Overdoses During CT Scans
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been investigating reports that patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) brain perfusion scans were accidentally exposed to excess radiation.