Radiologists or radiologic technologists are in huge demand. It is evident from many latest reports that place radiology among the top medical specialties year after year. Here’s what the 2018 Report of Merritt Hawkins presents: Another citation is from the Medscape Radiologist Compensation Report 2018 that shows: All these reports confirm that more numbers of […]
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AI – Will It Hack Us?
Artificial intelligence is a buzzword in the world of medicines and healthcare. Among the top beneficiaries is the field of radiology in which the AI tools have just begun to prove absolutely beneficial in comprehending the diagnostic imaging results for improved decision-making and patient care. At the 2017 meeting of Radiological Society of North America […]
How Radiologists Need to Handle Challenges of High Deductibles Health Plans?
The high deductible health plans (HDHP) are trending like never before. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 42% of workers covered under employer medical care plans had high deductible plans in 2017. The idea of paying low monthly premiums while opting for high deductibles is attractive, though a number of outcomes have become the […]
10.5 Tesla MRI and More
Introduction – 10.5 Tesla MRI Innovations change medical practices and healthcare in an ever-evolving dimension. Medical history was made by the University of Minnesota when scientists performed the world’s first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the whole human body at 10.5 Tesla using a Siemens MAGNETOM 10.5 Tesla MRI, developed in 2013 and funded by […]
Artificial Intelligence Poised to Turbocharge Healthcare IT Market in 2019
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to revolutionize the health care IT industry in 2019. Facilitated by improved data storage in the “cloud” and the vast amounts of data generated by the Internet of Things, AI allows health care providers to sort through a treasure trove of data far more quickly than was […]
The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on The Healthcare Field
Artificial intelligence is expected to revolutionize the medical industry in the near future. Venture capitalists are currently seeing the field as a realistic way to disrupt the economy and make extraordinarily large leaps in progress towards better treatment for patients. AI startups are no longer seen as risky, long-shot investments. Rather, they’re being treated as […]
HIPAA, HITECH, and Omnibus
Introduction With the perverse adoption of innovative technologies such as cloud computing in the healthcare industry, there was a need for some strict guidelines to monitor and govern organizations that have access to Protected Health Information (ePHI). The HIPAA, HITECH and the Omnibus rules are three words that form the baseline for bringing sanity in […]
AI and Radiologists: Whats the Verdict?
Recent advances in artificial technology have led many to believe that AI has the potential to replace human radiologists one day. Already, we are now at a level where deep learning neural networks can identify irregularities by scanning radiological images, which in some cases yield better results than an average radiologist. Even so, what’s considered […]
Better Communication In Diagnostic Imaging
Radiology stands at the center of the healthcare system. Almost everyone passes through the imaging department at one point in their life whether it’s for a simple medical test or advanced treatment techniques. In most cases, the department’s overall efficiency is highly dependent on effective communication between physicians. But why does this seem to be […]
What Can Be Done to Fight Higher Health Care Deductibles?
While the surging popularity of high-deductible plans is a positive sign which indicates that more patients are taking financial responsibility for their healthcare, this change should concern healthcare providers as it brings along some adverse effects. On the surface, the increasing consumer interest in HDHPs seems to be a good thing for the healthcare industry […]