March 19, 2009
DOTmed Forum Posts
- Honest / Dishonest
- I NEED REFERENCES OF DELIMED MEDIZINTECHNIK
- Frederick Benson and C.M.B. Air Cargo Scam
- Need references ASAP on Royi Goldman
- Beware of Ricky Rosas / Universal Medical Engineering Services
- Shaun Kurtz & Miracle Medi Systems Inc.
- Service Technicians
- Service Manual for the LUNAR DPX-IQ sw4.7E.
- Re: Konica Laser Imager Li-7 -"image problem"
- Service manual for Valleylab Force EZ
- Schemes for Kodak DryView 8100 and 8150
- Elscint selectsp
- Charity
- UNICEF Canada: Gifts that Give Back for the Holidays
- Re: I have a mammography system to donate to a 501c3
- Sleepdiagnostic equipment needed
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Letter From the Editor
Colonoscopy Reinvented
"Virtual colonoscopy" or CT colonography (CTC) is a scan to spot polyps. It's in the news because Medicare doesn't want to cover it. In response, doctors are lobbying for coverage, including the gastroenterologists who perform the endoscope exam. That's because doctors want to save lives, and once the CT finds a polyp, the patient goes for a colonoscopy to remove it.
Common sense says that patient compliance for the non-invasive CT would improve screening and save lives. Some people argue that a CT incurs radiation exposure, but since the patient is a senior, their increased lifetime risk of cancer from the CT may not be a big issue. Ultimately, shouldn't the doctor and patient decide which test is best?
Read all about this debate in DOTmed News including ACR's report on the lobbying effort, and a related item from ECRI Institute about CTC missing some polyps and cancer that colonoscopy will find. We will keep you posted as the story unfolds.
See you tomorrow!
Barbara Kram, Editor
People & Companies
- MEDRAD Multi Vendor Service Launches TotalRepair on Select Ultrasound Probes
- The first and only guaranteed ultrasound repair solution makes efficient use of shrinking healthcare budgets.
- 5 Star Imaging, Inc. Proudly Announces its New Sister Company: 5 Star Medical, Inc.
- Sibling to market new flat panel technology.
- DOTmed at AORN This Week in Chicago
- DOTmed is exhibiting at, and reporting from, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses meeting in Chicago March 17-19.
- Christiana Care Health System Selects Philips iSite PACS
- Philips technology is at work in this Mid-Atlantic health network. Read a case study in brief.
- Maull Biomedical Moving Contrast Injector Service Training to Ohio
- Contrast injector biomed classes start April 20.
- ASC Leaders to Converge in California for ASC 100 Conference
- The ASC 100 Executive Management Conference will be held March 22 - 24 at the Four Seasons Aviara Resort in North San Diego, CA.
- ContextVision Continues to Bolster its X-ray Division
- X-ray tuning tool allows users to set image enhancement parameters.
- Cardinal Health Extends Radiopharmaceutical Network
- Cardinal Health has extended its radiopharmaceutical network to Nebraska.
- Wal-Mart to Sell Electronic Medical Records
- Wal-Mart's service division, Sam's Club, is about to crack the market for electronic medical records (EMRs), capitalizing on the Obama Administration's plan to allocate $19 billion to trigger the adoption of this cost-saving technology.
- Varian Medical Systems to Show Imaging Equipment at Chinese Exhibition
- The company is showing Chinese providers its cancer treatment and X-ray imaging products at an exhibition in Beijing March 19-21. X-ray tubes to be made in China.
