This blog provides information on conferences and novelties in the area of Medical Imaging Informatics (MII). MII has a broad scope ranging from the Radiology Information System and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) to Advanced Visualization and Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD). To find new opportunities in healthcare we need to look at informatics solutions in other areas to apply them into the medical field to achieve higher level healthcare at lower costs.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Ode to Electronic Health Records - Not everybody is happy with them...
Drs Ken Roberts and Jim Granfortuna on problems with electronic health records (from a debate on whether EHRs enhance patient care and education or not, 5/5/2013)
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
TED: Printing human organs
And at TED there was a presentation on actually printing human organs:
http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html
3D printing is really entering the medical arena
Some hospitals are now moving to really using 3D printing in day-to-day practice. 3D printing is used to print a model of complex anatomy to help surgeons in planning their interventions. Read more at the Health&Science webpage of theWashington Post.
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