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VIDEO: One on One with Reed A. Omary, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Radiology Business | July 30, 2024
Find actionable insights to achieve sustainability and savings in radiology in this newest of ITN’s “One on One” video series with Reed A. Omary, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN). Tune in to "Promoting the Planet's Health: Sustainability in Radiology," to hear from a recognized leader about impactful, cost-saving initiatives radiologists, associations, healthcare systems and vendors can take, and why action is imperative.
Omary, the Carol D. and Henry P. Pendergrass Professor in the VUMC Department of Radiology, is a distinguished radiologist whose commitment to driving healthcare sustainability initiatives has gained both attention and momentum. After serving as Chair of the Department of Radiology and Radiology Sciences from 2012-2023, in June, 2023, Omary stepped away from his role as Chair to pursue a sabbatical focused on climate change and sustainable healthcare. He is author of The Green Leap, a blog about making healthcare sustainable, and founder of the Greenwell Project, a sustainable healthcare non-profit. He has presented a Plenary Lecture at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Scientific Sessions and American College of Radiology (ACR) meetings on the topic, and continues to connect with healthcare systems, vendors and colleagues to advance the issue.
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Conference Coverage
Radiation Oncology | October 07, 2016
ASTRO Chairman of the Board David C. Beyer, MD, FASTRO, discusses the current trends in radiation oncology, key trends presented at this year's conference, and achieving value, and opportunities to improve value, in the treatment of prostate cancer.
Digital Radiography (DR) | October 05, 2016
Contributing Editor Greg Freiherr offers an overview of digital radiography (DR) advances at the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) 2016 meeting. Read the article “The Coming Push for DR.” Watch a technology report sidebar video on new DR Systems technology.
Digital Radiography (DR) | October 05, 2016
Agfa highlights how its digital radiography (DR) systems capture analytics data to help improve management of the radiology department, show ROI on DR investments, and explains how its image processing software works. Read the article “The Coming Push for DR.” Watch the video “Technology Report: DR Systems.”
Enterprise Imaging | August 16, 2016
Interview with Jef Williams, managing partner, Paragon Consulting Partners, on the essential elements of building an enterprise imaging strategy, at the 2016 Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. For more information on enterprise imaging technology, watch the video “Enterprise Imaging - RSNA 2015 Technology Report.”
Radiology Business | August 16, 2016
How to turn your imaging center into a Swiss army knife to maximize ROI was a key radiology business session at the 2016 Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Robert Junk, AIA, and Tobias Gilk, M.Arch, of RAD-Planning, explain how radiology departments can assess their business model to make the most of their capital investments. Read the related article that include Junk and Gilk "Rethinking the Radiology Business Model."
Breast Imaging | August 16, 2016
Interview with Gerald Kolb, JD, president of The Breast Group in Bend, Ore. Kolb spoke at the 2016 AHRA meeting in Nashville about the challenges of multimodality breast screening, the need for more personalized screening programs and the impact of recent screening recommendations. Read about the lastest advances in breast imaging.
Analytics Software | August 16, 2016
Interview with Kent Hutson, M.D., CPE, of Radiology Alliance in Nashville, Tenn., on the principles of data mining and how they can be used in radiology, at the 2016 Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) annual meeting. For more information, read the article "Analytics: The Next Big Health IT Undertaking."
Quality Assurance (QA) | August 15, 2016
Patient QA Efficiency with Dolphin presented at AAPM 2016 IBA booth. Dolphin Online Ready is released and in clinical use for pre-treatment QA.
Radiation Oncology | August 12, 2016
AAPM President Bruce Curran, MEng, FAAPM, FACMP, FACR, discusses the key topics at the 2016 meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Topics included the advancement of radiomics in medical imaging for quantification for evidence-based clinical decision making in cancer, and improving how quality assurance is done in radiation therapy.
Enterprise Imaging | July 21, 2016
The performance, feature and scalability gap between today’s enterprise viewers cannot be understated. Nearly all viewers provide image access from the EHR, but can your viewer also provide diagnostic interpretation at massive scale, with sophisticated interoperability to replace your PACS? itnTV captured Visage 7 in action at SIIM 2016, and if you watch closely, you’ll see Visage 7 explain: Fast. Powerful. Enterprise Imaging.
Information Technology | July 19, 2016
At SIIM 2016, itnTV caught up with opening keynote speaker and SIIM treasurer Rasu B. Shrestha, M.D., MBA, Chief Innovation Officer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Executive Vice President, UPMC Enterprises, to discuss the dynamic changes that imaging is facing today.
Information Technology | July 19, 2016
New this year is the SIIM Innovation Challenge, which offered a prize of $10,000 to the winning team to help support innovation exploration and development to raise awareness and engagement in innovation efforts that will help shape the present and future of imaging informatics. Co-chairs Ram Chadalavada, M.D., MS, CIIP and Adam Kaye, M.D., MBA, CIIP, discussed some of the innovative ideas presented at this year’s challenge, and future plans, with itnTV.
Artificial Intelligence | July 19, 2016
Eliot L. Siegel, M.D., Dwyer Lecturer; Closing Keynote Speaker, Vice Chair of Radiology at the University of Maryland and the Chief of Radiology for VA Maryland Healthcare System, talks about the current state of the industry in computer-aided detection and diagnosis at SIIM 2016. Watch the VIDEO “Development of Artificial Intelligence to Aid Radiology,” an interview with Mark Michalski, M.D., director of the Center for Clinical Data Science at Massachusetts General Hospital, explaining the basis of artificial intelligence in radiology. Watch the VIDEO “Examples of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging Diagnostics.”
Information Technology | July 19, 2016
2016 marks the third year for the SIIM Hackathon. itnTV sat down with Marc D. Kohli, M.D., Hackathon Committee-Co-Chair, SIIM Board of Directors and director of clinical informatics at UCSF to discuss some of its new objectives and future plans.
Information Technology | July 19, 2016
At SIIM 2016, Paul G. Nagy, Ph.D., CIIP, FSIIM, discussed the main challenges to adaptive change in healthcare IT, and the adaptive leadership skills necessary to complement technological changes in a clinical setting. He also discussed his vision for SIIM as he assumes leadership as incoming chair.
Cardio-oncology | June 30, 2016
Interview with Federico Asch, M.D., FACC, FASE, associate director of the echocardiography core lab at Medstar Health Research Institute and assistant professor of medicine (cardiology) at Georgetown University, at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2016 annual meeting. Asch discusses the technology used for cardio-oncology cardiotoxcity assessments and how to set up these types of collaborative programs between oncology and cardiology. For more information, read the article Assessing Cardiotoxicity Due to Cancer Therapy.
Cardiovascular Ultrasound | June 28, 2016
Interview with MD Buyline clinical analysts Jon Brubaker and Sabrina Newell at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2016 annual meeting. They highlighted trends they have seen in cardiac strain imaging, 3-D echo, bubble contrast, interventional echo, structural heart, and point-of-care ultrasound.
Cardiovascular Ultrasound | June 28, 2016
Interview with Rebecca Hahn, M.D., FASE, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2016 meeting. She is an expert in the new subspecialty of interventional echo and discussed considerations for hospitals thinking of creating interventional echo programs to help guide complex transcatheter structural heart procedures in the cath lab or hybrid OR.
Breast Density | May 20, 2016
This year's keynote speaker, Nancy M. Cappello, Ph.D., founder and director of Are You Dense and Are You Dense Advocacy, Inc., expands on her keynote presentation "Why I Talk to Strangers About My Breasts."
Breast Density | May 20, 2016
Ernie Bodai, M.D., vice president, National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC), discusses breast density with itnTV. Read an article with related links about breast density.
Women's Health | May 20, 2016
Cary S. Kaufman, M.D., FACS, discusses best practices in breast centers at NCoBC 2016.
Women's Health | May 20, 2016
Barbara Rabinowitz, Ph.D., MSW, RN, founder of the National Consortium of Breast Centers, talks with ITN editorial director Melinda Taschetta-Millane during NCoBC's 26th annual conference, and addresses the very important topic of survivorship.
Women's Health | May 20, 2016
Kristie Bobolis, M.D., president elect and current chair of 2016 Planning Committee for the National Consortium of Breast Centers, discusses the role of genetic testing, how it is evolving, and how a physician best assess the high-risk patient.
Breast Imaging | May 20, 2016
Jennifer Gass, M.D., FACS, president, National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC), discusses the state of the breast imaging industry.
HIMSS | May 13, 2016
ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new trends and health information technologies (IT) on the expo floor of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2016 meeting. Technologies include radiation dose management, wearables, patient engagement, admission kiosks, analytics software and imaging workflow aids.
Cardiovascular Ultrasound | April 29, 2016
MD Buyline market analyst Jon Brubaker explains the new cardiac ultrasound technologies and trends he saw on the show floor at the 2016 meeting of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
CT Angiography (CTA) | April 12, 2016
A discussion on the adoption rate of FFR-CT with Campbell Rogers, M.D., chief medical officer of HeartFlow. It is the first vendor to gain FDA approval for noninvasive, virtual fractional flow reserve measurements derived from cardiac computed tomography scans.
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Clinical Decision Support | March 24, 2016
Examples of clinical decision support software currently on the market that might be leveraged to address Stage 3 Meaningful Use from the expo floor of HIMSS 2016. Ascendian Healthcare Consulting CEO Shawn McKenzie also discusses how and why CDS should be integrated into the radiology workflow.
Patient Engagement | March 21, 2016
Examples of patient engagement technologies for medical imaging to meet health IT Stage 3 Meaningful Use requirements. Discussion includes examples from the expo floor at HIMSS 2016 and Ascendian Healthcare Consulting CEO Shawn McKenzie explaining ways radiology can leverage technology to engage patients with images, reports and radiation dose records.
PACS | March 11, 2016
Examples of technologies on the market and a discussion of what to look for in PACS and CVIS workflow efficiencies with Ascendian Healthcare Consultant Jef Williams. Editor Dave Fornell takes viewers on a tour of some of the key workflow improvements offered by health IT vendors in their software on the expo floor at Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) 2016 meeting.
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Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) | January 26, 2016
Bill Lacy, division vice president of Fujifilm Medical Systems USA, showcases the new products in its medical informatics portfolio including Synapse VNA and the introduction of Synapse 5 visualization technology.
Digital Radiography (DR) | January 26, 2016
Rob Fabrizio, director of product development and marketing, introduces the Fujifilm FDR D-EVO GL long-length DR detector at RSNA 2015. The 17 x 49-inch field-of-view DR detector captures long-length imaging with DR in one exposure.
Proton Therapy | January 22, 2016
At ASTRO 2015, Mevion highlighted the exceptional results its customers are seeing with the Mevion S250 Series proton therapy system.
Ultrasound Women's Health | January 21, 2016
At RSNA 2015, Matthew Ernst, marketing segment manager with Hitachi, introduced Sofia, an automated breast tomography system designed for whole breast bilateral ultrasound scanning for women with dense breasts.
Breast Density | January 19, 2016
Ralph Highnam, chief executive officer, reviews product highlights at RSNA 2015, including the recent FDA 510(k) clearance of Volpara Density Software.
Digital Radiography (DR) | January 12, 2016
David Sorensen, director of operations, reviews product highlights including the Thales ArtPix EZ2GO DR System, Image Systems diagnostic displays, Anthro Carl’s Table ergonomic workstation, and International Medical Equipment and Service (IMES) - the recently acquired business providing cost-saving OEM-quality replacement parts and training for major brands of CT and MRI equipment. The common thread is that these are products Richardson Healthcare uses to fulfill its mission to provide high-value components for imaging that enable customers to reduce the cost of healthcare with confidence.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | January 08, 2016
Contributing Editor Greg Freiherr offers an overview of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) advances at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2015. Below is related MRI content:
RSNA Technology Report 2015: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Recent Advances in MRI Technology
Software Advances in MRI Technology
Advances in Cardiac Imaging at RSNA 2016
Recent Trends and Developments in Contrast Media
Comparison Chart: MRI Wide Bore Systems
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Comparison Chart: MRI Contrast Agents
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Comparison Chart: Cardiovascular MRI Analysis Software
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Computed Tomography (CT) | January 08, 2016
Contributing Editor Greg Freiherr offers an overview of computed tomography (CT) advances at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2015. The video includes Freiherr during his booth tours with some of the key vendors who were featuring new technology.
Ultrasound Imaging | January 06, 2016
With the LOGIQ E9 XDclear 2.0 ultrasound system, GE Healthcare rethought virtually every element of the imaging chain, from the pulse of the probes to the clarity of the pixels. The result is their highest level of imaging performance yet.
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