Sensible Solutions for Refurbished Radiology

There are so many options in the world today. Should you get Verizon, AT&T or Sprint cell phone service? Should you buy an iPhone or a Samsung cell phone? PC or Mac computer? You can spend hours reading up on all your options in life but when 
push comes to shove, any of these options will fulfill your needs. The same is the case for C-Arms. Is an OEC any better than a Philips or Siemens C-Arm? Or Ziehm for that matter? I'm sure there are people on both sides of the argument. So let’s look at the question 'what C-Arm should I buy?' from a different perspective...

Are you getting ready to renovate or upgrade your digital imaging services, but still need to provide services in the interim?  Or maybe you need to provide new digital imaging services but have run out of space in your current facility?  Perhaps you’d like to expand your digital imaging services but you just don’t have ready capital to do so.  Here’s the good news: mobile or modular MRIs could be the perfect solution for you!

Texas has plenty of country music, cowboy boots and Tex-Mex – and the perfect location for last week’s ASCA Conference! The Gaylord Texan was a great place to stay. While the convention center is conveniently located right there at the hotel, the complex has a lot of different pathways and buildings and gathering areas and was easy to get lost in. The good news is, we were able to work off a few of those extra convention calories by walking around, looking for meeting and hotel rooms! We enjoyed seeing old friends and making new connections at the show.  The show was a great success!

All medical imaging systems are created equal, right?

Wrong.  

As any radiologist, rad tech or medical equipment purchasing agent knows, different manufacturers have different strengths. Some may offer better purchase prices, while others have a stronger warranty or lower service costs.

Here at Atlantis Worldwide, we sell a lot of C-Arms. We sell so many that the sales cycle is second nature to us. We know what we need to do to make sure your C-Arm is ready for clinical use. Our customers, however, don't buy C-Arms nearly as often as we sell them. So it is completely understandable if you don't know exactly what you need to do in order to prepare your facility for your new C-Arm. 

Inside every CT system is an X-ray tube. How long that tube will last depends on many factors. With careful, calculated use from an x-ray technologist or radiologic technologist, the average X-ray tube should provide many years of service. There are however many factors that can shorten the life of an X-ray tube substantially and those factors can typically be controlled by the X-ray tech. So, what can you do to extend and maximize the life of your X-ray tube?

Delivering Better Outcomes By Using Quantitative Imaging Analytics

We are now living in a digital age. It’s an era of decisions and outcomes driven by data and analytics. This insight into the numbers and trends that influence everything we do has become a critical success factor in every industry around the world. For professionals working in the world of healthcare, it has become an invaluable tool for helping not just individual patients but entire populations live healthier lives and reach positive outcomes. Big data has also become a catalyst for improving workflow and the very procedures that are essential to the entire healthcare industry.

Earlier this year I wrote a post discussing flat screen monitors for C-Arms, but would like to add some valuable information. 

Handheld devices like smartphones and tablets are almost commonplace in examination rooms worldwide. But are they being used for applications they shouldn’t be?

It’s an exciting time in healthcare, as it seems like every day there’s new technology that improves diagnosis, treatment or recovery. We’re especially excited to read about a new 3D imaging technique developed by researchers from Cambridge University in the UK. It’s destined to provide enormous improvements for evaluating changes in joint disease. And it couldn’t come at a better time, as Baby Boomers face the ultimate badge of aging—sore and creaky joints.