CHI Franciscan, a Tacoma, Washington based Catholic nonprofit health system, recently announced the launch of a Mission Control Center that would focus on optimizing care for patients, enhancing their services, and boosting their capacity to handle more patients in its acute care hospitals across 8 locations. The institution has one of the biggest health systems […]
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Medical Specialty Associations Write a Letter to Congress Making Six Requests
A number of medical specialty associations, including the American College of Radiology, Radiology Business Management Association, and other healthcare provider groups have written a letter to Congress, asking the national lawmakers to relieve radiology practices that have been until great turmoil due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Requests Made in the Letter The letter that has […]
The Crisis Situation in the Aviation Industry Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
It is a fact that the current COVID-19 pandemic situation has shattered the world economy into pieces. The entire world has come to a halt due to global lockdown, and no transaction is being carried out in any industry. But the worst affected industry can be pinpointed to be the aviation industry. While the US […]
7-Steps Plan Recommended by ACR to Resume Radiology Practices
The world has come to a halt over the last few months. In order to contain coronavirus and keep its spread under control, almost all the industries, offices, markets, and establishments across the globe have gone under complete lockdown. But since it is not possible to keep the world economy closed until a potential vaccine […]
RSNA Task Force Develops Guidelines for Best Practices on COVID
RSNA, the Radiological Society of North America, has assigned a special Covid-19 Task Force to publish a document of practices to be followed by radiology departments. Considering the present scenario of the Covid-19 pandemic, a large number of hospitals, clinics and institutions are also establishing their local guidelines. The aim of these guidelines is to […]
Changing the Game with Telehealth Services During and After Covid-19
At the present time when the entire world is going through a phase of unease and chaos due to Covid-19, social distancing has been adopted as one of the most successful measures to combat the pandemic and stay safe. WHO has also recognized telehealth to be an essential step towards strengthening the healthcare response to […]
Reasons Why IBM Watson Flopped in the Healthcare Industry
Some time back, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the largest cancer center in the US, announced that it is going to introduce IBM Watson’s computing system into the healthcare system. With the help of Artificial Intelligence, this system was supposed to accelerate the decision-making process of physicians while treating cancer tumors. But IBM Watson turned out […]
Is AI Going to Replace Radiologists Any Time Soon?
The application of Artificial Intelligence has been progressing rapidly in the field of medicine, especially in radiology. It has been a source of high innovation, yet a popular topic of discussion in radiology and its ground-breaking research. Despite the quality assurance and risk issues of AI, it delivers tremendous opportunities to change the way radiological […]
CMS Open Enrollment for COVID-19
While the beneficiaries of CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) are highly at risk of Covid-19 and its devastating effects, the agency is now relaxing its rules to cover its clients. While a large majority of its clients are more than 65 years of age and are at high risk for coronavirus infection, CMS […]
Will AI Replace Radiologists?
The technology of Artificial Intelligence has made its way across diverse industries over the last few years, and its impact on the healthcare industry, especially in the field of radiology, is absolutely clear. AI has a huge range of potential and applications in radiology, ranging from improving diagnosis to enhancing workflow, thereby shifting a human […]