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American Society of Echocardiography Says: More Training Needed

Echocardiography

A fact we’ve mentioned on this blog time and time again is that medical IT technology is ever-evolving and constantly updating.  The appearance of new technology in any hospital, clinic or private practice can mean that the training for associates is often lacking.  When that training falls short of excellent, problems can arise and discrepancies can start to pop up that may be extremely dangerous and costly.  Now, the American Society of Echocardiography is saying that training needs to increase for these costly mistakes and discrepancies to finally disappear.

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Stay Knowledgeable With the American Board of Radiology

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If you were to take the top 100 associations and professional medical organizations and ask them their number one goal, the answer would resoundingly be the same:  Helping Patients and Improving Care.  That mission and goal is the driving force behind all of the top medical associations around the globe and the American Board of Radiology is exactly the same way.

Here is more about that radiology association that is doing a great deal of amazing work to advance the field and directly improve patient care:

The American Board of Radiology

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Keep Your Knowledge Current with the American Society of Echocardiography

American Society of Echocardiography

Keep Your Knowledge Current with the American Society of Echocardiography

A reoccurring theme on this blog is the highlighting of those associations and organizations that work tirelessly to advance the pursuit of excellence in medicine.  We’ve chronicled everyone from the World Heart Federation to the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and today we’re going to highlight yet another association promoting innovation in the field of cardiology.

American Society of Echocardiography

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Stay Knowledgeable With the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

The role of ultrasound in modern medicine and healthcare IT has increased monumentally over the last 50 years.  Whereas extremely invasive surgical procedures were required for the diagnosis and analyzing of a great deal of illnesses and diseases, now ultrasound technologies allow for the fast imaging and diagnosis without the invasive surgery.  Staying up-to-date with the technologies, cases and innovations occurring within the field is vital to the performance and efficiency of operations.

A great method of staying current with the ever-changing world of radiology and cardiology is to leverage associations that are dedicated to compiling and synthesizing data into easy-to-consume formats.

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Radiology Benchmarking: Improve Processes & Performance

Often times, the only way to see how efficiently things are running is by comparing yourself to others.  By finding and identifying “best practices” in any medical field, radiology especially, it allows you a guidepost that can help you identify areas of your operations that are working well, and areas that need a lot of work.  Benchmarking in radiology can be a difficult practice as radiology departments all over the country and rest of the world are using completely different standards that relate to their work output or workload.   It remains an important, if not crucial, aspect of organizational strategy.

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Adopting New Healthcare IT Could Cut $3.6 Trillion in Waste

Studies are in that the U.S. Healthcare industry is falling victim to a number of ‘operational inefficiencies’ that are causing massive amounts of financial waste each year.  A previous report concluded that the Healthcare system in this country wastes almost $700 billion a year.  Thankfully, there is a plan to turn this around and doing so could save $3.6 trillion in waste over the next decade.

The 5 strategies created to help reach this astronomical goal all revolve around revolutionizing practices that might be currently out of date or inefficient.  In a lot of the strategies, the need for updated healthcare IT and modern medical imaging devices like PACS and CVIS could step into modernize care and boost efficiency.  Here, briefly, are the 5 strategies:

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Gain Knowledge With a Healthcare IT or Radiology Association

Gain knowledge with radiology associationsWith medical imaging and healthcare information technologies advancing at high speeds, it’s no doubt difficult to stay on top of emerging trends and the latest technologies. Rely on one of the many healthcare IT or radiology associations that exist to cultivate knowledge, advance healthcare and foster networking. Below are two valuable healthcare IT and radiology associations:

American Medical Informatics Association: AMIA’s 4,000 members include physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, researchers, educators and others from more than 65 countries. The association exists to improve quality of care by advancing the use of health information and communications technology in clinical care and research. Members have access to AMIA books, publications, national meetings and specialty events. The association’s website features a job center, industry news, an e-learning center and podcasts.

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Medical Imaging System and Healthcare IT Spending on the Rise

Electronic health recordsA 2009 Top Trends survey, released in September by Health Imaging & IT and sponsored by healthcare solutions provider McKesson, spells good news for hospitals and imaging centers. Survey results indicate that hospitals and imaging centers have successfully made it through the roughest patch of the latest economic crisis. That’s partly due to the ability of hospitals to serve a wider patient base, thanks to easy, online access to images and reports for physicians.

Even more good news: The survey projects that overall spending on medical imaging systems, IT infrastructure and clinical IT systems will increase in 2010. Overall, the top 5 business priorities going into 2010 are:

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