Dear PACS Insider,
In today's radiology environment, radiologists are being asked to read more studies and produce faster turnaround times. A 6-megapixel (MP) PACS display may be able to help, according to researchers from Montefiore Medical Center.
In a presentation at the recent RSNA 2012 meeting in Chicago, Montefiore chief strategist Mony Weschler shared preliminary findings from an ongoing study comparing productivity and eye strain for radiologists using a single 6-MP display versus a dual 3-MP monitor configuration. Early results show a 19% decrease in exam reading time and less eye strain from the 6-MP display when reading computed radiography images.
Our coverage of the Montefiore research is the subject of this month's Insider Exclusive, which you can access before our regular members by clicking here.
We also have much more coverage from the meeting, including a report on how RSNA's Image Share pilot program for patient-driven image sharing is progressing.
Also check out our coverage of the Eugene P. Pendergrass New Horizons Lecture from Dr. Keith Dreyer, PhD. For our coverage of Dr. Paul Chang's lecture, click here.
Stay tuned to your PACS Digital Community in the coming weeks for further coverage from the meeting.
In other articles featured in this edition of the Insider, Dr. Giles Boland of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital offers his opinion on the use of teleradiology by radiology groups to outsource off-hours reading. Dr. Boland believes that it's time to rethink teleradiology: Read about his vision for how it should be utilized by clicking here.
The imaging IT market may be the bright spot in an otherwise gloomy outlook for the medical imaging industry, according to analysis from market research firm Frost & Sullivan. Find out which imaging IT areas appear particularly primed for growth.
With a current market penetration of only about one in three U.S. hospitals, vendor-neutral archives offer a prime market opportunity for imaging IT vendors, according to healthcare technology research and advisory firm CapSite. Discover other important findings in the firm's 2012 Imaging IT Study by clicking here.
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