Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
"Free your data," "interface your workflow," and "deconstruct your PACS": these are popular marketing slogans among healthcare IT vendors, but it would be a mistake to dismiss them as meaningless phrases.
That's the view of our regular market columnist Stephen Holloway. The world of PACS is evolving fast, and he urges all end users to pay close attention to the changing landscape. To find out more, go to our Healthcare Informatics Community, or click here.
Dr. Osman Ratib has been a PACS pioneer for more than two decades. He's not only an inspiring speaker, but also an original thinker. His team in Geneva has just unveiled details about a project in the South Asian nation of Bhutan. For the full story, click here.
In spite of concerns over Zika, security, and Brazil's economic and political woes, Rio hosted a successful Olympics. The chief medical officer of the games has given his assessment of the imaging service delivered, and his comments make interesting reading. Learn more in the MRI Community, or by clicking here.
Meanwhile, in the liver, an MRI navigation system with optical instrument tracking is allowing doctors at Leipzig University Hospital in Germany to use their regular closed-bore MRI scanner to guide procedures and insert biopsy devices from outside the magnet bore. Find out how the group did it here.
Radiologists used to rely on radiographs to obtain information about the presence of gout in challenging cases, but now consensus is growing that radiography appears to have lower sensitivity and also inferior specificity compared with conventional CT and dual-energy CT. New German data support this view. Visit the CT Community, or click here.
The European Society of Cardiology has announced that Pope Francis will attend its annual congress, which begins in Rome on Saturday. We'll be there too, and make sure you check back next week for our onsite coverage.
