WASHINGTON, D.C—Ron Waksman, MD, course chairman of the annual meeting of the Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT), spoke with Cardiovascular Business about the need for practices to become aware of how federal initiatives, including healthcare reform, will impact the clinical setting. Many of those considerations are being discussed and elucidated at this year's CRT meeting, where the theme is Impact Your Practice.
Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."
Philips introduced a new CT system at ECR aimed at the rapidly growing cardiac CT market, incorporating numerous AI features to optimize workflow and image quality.
