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Table of ConTenTs February 2008 Volume 6, Number 2 Departments 4 on The web › HealthImaging.com cover story 7 The enTerprise › Mission: Simple 14 | Enterprise Image Management Makes the Grade For many sites, PACS is an enterprise, rather than radiology department, investment. This enterprise approach packs a powerful punch. It delivers cost-savings, efficiencies and improved care. By Lisa Fratt 8 news updaTe › CMS proposes to restrict cardiac CTA reimbursement › J&J wins stent patent appeal 28 ConvenTion spoTlighT: HIMSS 360º › What’s in Store in Orlando › What’s New In: › Clinical Information Systems › Practice Management › Electronic Medical Records › IT Peripherals › Data Storage 47 reader’s resourCe › Advertisers Index › Company Index › Coming Soon Features 20 | ModaliTy updaTe 3T MR Impresses with Resolution, Speed MR has clinicians gushing. Better resolution and faster patient throughput are helping the modality expand its applications and gain more adoring fans. By Beth Walsh 48 sTaT sheeT 22 | speCial seCTion: healTh iT Image Management: The Online Option February 2008 | Volume 6, Number 2 Online image management solutions offer a novel paradigm in the crowded PACS market. Here are a few facilities that have discovered cost savings and other benefits from tapping into the online solution. By Lisa Fratt HealthImaging.com Digital Issue 3T MR Impresses with Resolution, Speed Virtual Colonography: On the Brink CD/DVD Burners: Burn, Baby, Burn SPECIAL SECTION HEALTH IT HIMSS 2008 Sessions to See, Products to Peruse, Trends to Track Image Storage: The Online Options PCs at the Point of Care All of the features of a print magazine — online. HealthImaging.com 26 | speCial seCTion: healTh iT PCs on the Move: Streamlining Patient Care at the Point of Care Handheld computers in a variety of sizes and configurations have become vital to gathering and viewing information at the point of care as well as educating patients. By Sarah Lamberti On the COver: Screenshot courtesy of Intelerad. 40 | TeChnology ouTlook Virtual Colonography: On the Brink Health Imaging & IT (ISSN 1546-0002) is published monthly by TriMed Media Group, Inc. Copyright © 2008 by TriMed Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is forbidden without permission. Every precaution is taken to ensure accuracy of content; however, the information, opinions and statements expressed in the articles and advertisements herein are those of the writer and/or advertiser, and not necessarily those of the Publisher. Postage paid at Providence, RI, and at additional mailing offices. Subscriptions are available free of charge to qualified individuals. Publisher reserves the right to determine qualification for a free subscription. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Health Imaging & IT, PO Box 28125, Providence RI 02908. CT colonography is far from a new procedure, yet adoption has been sluggish. That could change if it gains CPT I status in 2009—opening the door to Medicare reimbursement and private coverage. By Lisa Fratt 44 | TeChnology updaTe CD/DVD Burners: Burn, Baby, Burn CD and DVD burners are now ubiquitous in the medical imaging market and CDs have become a de facto solution to archiving and distributing medical images. By Sarah Lamberti HealthImaging.com February 2008 | Health Imaging & IT http://HealthImaging.com http://HealthImaging.com http://HealthImaging.com http://HealthImaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT - February 2008 Contents On the Web The Enterprise News Update Cover Story: Enterprise Image Management Makes the Grade Modality Update Special Section: Health IT: Image Management Special Section: Health IT: PCs on the Move Convention Spotlight Technology Outlook Technology Update Reader's Resource Stat Sheet

Health Imaging & IT - February 2008

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