1. Panorama HFO

... and spacious 160 cm-wide patient aperture ensuring a comfortable, relaxing MRI experience for anxious, elderly, obese or claustrophobic patients. While covering all routine applications, Panorama HFO is ...

2. Bristol Royal Infirmary

... 7,000 staff offer over 100 different clinical services across eight different sites. With services from the neonatal intensive care unit to care of the elderly, they offer care to the people of Bristol ...

3. Time To Vote For Healthcare Reform : Obama
(Healthcare Reform/Healthcare Reform)

... elderly and needy, Medicare and Medicaid. Obama also accused his critics in scaring the public, saying that the healthcare reform bill would result in reduced access to care elderly people who completely ...

4. Increased Use of Medical Imaging in US
(Modalities/Radiology )

... the federal insurance program for the elderly, paying an extra 8 percent per year. Source: Reuters Discuss more about Radiology in the Radiology user group.  ...

5. Siemens' Commitment to Excellence in Cardiology: ACC10
(Company News/Siemens Healthcare)

... without beta-blockers possible and, for the first time, breath-hold optional with dose levels below 1 millisievert (mSv). This offers considerable advantages, especially in cases involving the elderly, ...

6. Lower Implementation Costs For Telemedicine Adoption
(Healthcare Informatics/Teleradiology)

... they represented less than 5 percent. Overall, Medicare claims payments were similar to those described for similar elderly populations with diabetes.” Source : JAMIA You can get more details about Teleradiology ...

7. MRI Finds Tumors in Second Breast
(Communities/MRI)

... 70 and older had a higher prevalence of cancer detected in the second breast by MRI than did younger patients in the study. MRI detected a cancer in the second breast in 5.4 percent of 129 elderly women ...

8. GE Appoints National Distributor for GE QuietCare
(Company News/GE Healthcare)

... visits or a possible fall.  It is used primarily in assisted living facilities to enhance levels of care and to help the elderly retain their independence. Direct Supply has extensive and long-standing ...

9. Failure In Healthcare Reform Lead To Deaths
(Healthcare Reform/Healthcare Reform)

... in the groundbreaking report by the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IoM) to estimate national and state deaths due to lack of health coverage. The IoM found that approximately 18,000 non-elderly adults ...

10. MRIs Pose Risk for Patients with Pacemakers
(Communities/MRI)

... get an MRI. McShane's youth made her case unusual, but millions of Americans already have implanted medical devices that make getting an MRI a problem -- prompting advocates for the elderly to launch ...

11. Mammograms Overused in Women with Dementia
(Modalities/Mammography)

A new study finds, some elderly women with severe cognitive impairment are getting mammography breast cancer screening even though they are unlikely to ever benefit from it.Researchers found that among ...

12. Unneeded Mammography for the Cognitively Impaired
(Modalities/Mammography)

A major percentage of U.S. women 70 years or older who were severely cognitively impaired received screening mammography that was unlikely to benefit them, the study of 2,131 elderly women conducted by ...

13. AIS Offers Open MRI at Matamoras
(Communities/MRI)

... elderly patient is undergoing a screening procedure, a family member or support person can easily accompany him or her. The open design also allows easy patient access for our physicians and imaging techs.” ...

14. GE-Intel Expands Intel Health Guide to UK
(Company News/GE Healthcare)

... remote passive activity and behavioural monitoring system for the elderly, alerting caregivers to changes that may signal potential health issues or emergency situations such as a fall or emerging health ...

15. Medicare Officials Plans Stimulus Funds For EMR
(EMR (Electronic Medical Records)/EMR)

... of their orders electronically.The payments will be administered through Medicare and Medicaid, the government health care plans for the elderly, poor and disabled.The agency will take comments on proposal ...

16. Ageing Demographic Boosts Wireless Patient Monitoring Devices
(Healthcare Informatics/Healthcare Informatics)

... rapid pace. The primary reason for this growth is rising awareness levels among an ageing population about devices that help in attaining a better standard of life. The elderly prefer to age at home  ...

17. Ultrasound-guided Cortisone Injections for Pain Relief
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... a common, painful condition caused by an injury to the tendons in the buttocks that typically affects middle-aged to elderly women and young active individuals, the study published in the January issue ...

18. Telemedicine Cut Hospital Visits , Save Money
(Healthcare Informatics/Healthcare Informatics)

... older, medical costs are rising, and there are not enough doctors to heal the elderly sick. One healthcare IT solution might be to reduce the incidence of illness that requires a hospitalisation by providing ...

19. New CRC Screening Combination Increases Detection
(Communities/Abdominal Pelvic)

... of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. African Americans, the elderly and women have a higher incidence of proximal colon tumors. "Our study results suggest that colorectal cancer ...

20. 'Images, my way' Resonates Throughout the Siemens; RSNA
(Company News/Siemens Healthcare)

... when shifting sick or elderly patients from wheelchair to table. Computed Tomography ( CT ) Siemens has from the earliest days, developed many significant products and protocols that follow the ALARA ...