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Welcome to Nuclear Imaging at SSM St. Joseph Health Center

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:52:03 +0000

A short welcome video for new patients of Nuclear Imaging

Health care workers, patients and experts have their …

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:03:00 +0000

The global medical isotope shortage began in May 2009, when Canada announced that its 52-year-old nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, would be closed for repairs for at least three months. But three months later, the government extended the shut-down, telling the world that medical isotope production would not come back on line by the first quarter of 2010 at the earliest.

WellSpan Health Career Day

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:11:56 +0000

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about healthcare careers. Health care professionals and exhibits will be available. Representatives of various area programs and colleges will be available to discuss educational opportunities and financial assistance. Call (717) 851-5862 to find out more. You can: Talk with health care professionals Learn about opportunities in the health care field, including job responsibilities, educational requirements and long-term career paths Here is a sampling of career opportunities: Emergency Services Nursing Nuclear Medicine Imaging-Radiography/Ultrasound Laboratory Services Radiation Oncology Nurse Anesthesia Pastoral Care and Education Pharmacy Physicians/Dentists Pulmonary Services and Respiratory Care Massage Therapy Medical Office Assisting Food and Nutrition Services Radiation Safety/Physics Rehabilitation Medicine (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech, language pathology)

IBM Medical Records Text Analytics Solution for Health Providers

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:55:00 +0000

The IBM Medical Record Text Analytics solution leverages new text analytics technology to deliver the capability to read free-form text in medical records to discover both content and context, analyzing the results and transforming those findings into actionable, context-based structured data. The resulting data can then be used for more-efficient patient treatment by physicians, support transitional medicine and clinical genomics programs for researchers, and PQRI/NCQA/Meaningful Use reporting . The technology can transform and distill documents such as chart notes, operative notes, physician correspondence, admission notes, discharge notes, consultation notes, nuclear medicine reports and pathology lab reports into actionable information. As part of the process, the solution can assist in normalizing medical record free-form text to SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD, CPT/HCPCS coding, clinical terminology and ontology standards.

CRMC’s Your Health Matters – Imaging Services

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:52:59 +0000

View this news program about the Imaging Services available at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Providing a vast array of imaging services from x-ray to mammography to ultrasound to nuclear medicine studies to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to cat scans and PET scans, CRMC offers two comprehensive imaging centers – one within the hospital facility to provide for patients in the hospital setting as well as another center for outpatients in a specially designed and convenient Outpatient Imaging Center located just one block from the main hospital campus.

Amnesty International reveals the rotting health care system in North Korea

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:24:25 +0000

Amnesty International reveals the rotting health care system in North Korea
According to a human rights group, Amnesty International, North Korea is unable to meet up to even the most basic health needs of its population. The report was released this Thursday.

This is a Backgrounder On Health Care

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:01:57 +0000

This is a Backgrounder On Health Care
America’s emergency rooms are in crisis. Emergency medicine encompasses the care of patients with traumatic injuries or serious signs and symptoms of disease. Quick evaluation and rapid treatment of these patients obviously cannot be done on an “elective” basis.

alegent health link truck @65mph

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:07:35 +0000

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St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System Selects Toshiba Imaging Equipment For New Lakeside Hospital

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:49:03 +0000

St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System Selects Toshiba Imaging Equipment For New Lakeside Hospital
St. Luke’s Lakeside Hospital of The Woodlands, Texas has chosen Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. to provide magnetic resonance (MR), ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), X-ray and vascular equipment for its newly built surgical hospital. St. Luke’s Lakeside is a collaboration between St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System and area cardiovascular and orthopedic/spine specialists. With a focus …

Health policy research roundup: Long-term care, diabetes disparities, health IT

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:24:16 +0000

Health policy research roundup: Long-term care, diabetes disparities, health IT
Annals of Internal Medicine: Cultural Competency Training and Performance Reports to Improve Diabetes Care for Black Patients – In this study, researchers measure the effects cultural competency training and performance training for physicians has on the clinical outcomes for black patients with diabetes.