Blogs
Sean Reilly, DAIC Publisher
The silence is deafening. And since radiology associations, physician groups and vendors have yet to publicly respond to the elephant in the room, I offer the following in hopes we can get the...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
The America College of Cardiology has released its list of key late-breaking clinical trials at the ACC 2015 meeting in March. Here are my top picks for cardiovascular device technology I am looking...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
As editor of DAIC, I keep a close watch on trends in cardiovascular technology and try to predict what the next big advancements will be in the coming years. Here are my predictions for technologies...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
There were a few intriguing technology trends at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2014 meeting that shine a light on what the future of imaging holds. Among these are: touchscreen...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
All major technology advances in the world of radiology, including cardiac imaging, are unveiled or highlighted at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, Nov. 30...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
By Dave Fornell, editor of DAIC Magazine
The key take away messages from the 26th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium were bioresorable stents and...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
As technology continues to advance for all diagnostic imaging modalities, it sometimes reminds me of a race between vendors to build a better mouse trap. The main issue between cardiac echo, computed...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) annual meeting July 10-13 in San Diego covered the latest CT trends, technology and clinical trial data. The key takeaway message was that CT...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
A big fly in the ointment for widespread adoption of many new technologies is cost. In today’s cost-conscience environment of healthcare reform, there needs to be a clear, quantifiable return of...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
There were several new cardiovascular ultrasound technology advances highlighted at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) annual meeting June 20-24 in Portland, Ore. Among these was the...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
The key cardiology news coming out of the 2014 meeting for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in St. Louis, Mo., were two late-breaker cardiovascular imaging studies, and...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
As an editor attending clinical symposiums and always on the lookout for new trends in technology, I sometimes find myself wondering if what I see is actually the reality on the ground for most...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
By Dave Fornell
The biggest news item from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 63rd Annual Scientific Session was that a transcatheter aortic valve had 26 percent better survival in high-risk...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
By Dave Fornell, DAIC editor
Data from several cutting-edge device clinical trials will be presented as late-breakers at the American College of Cardiology 63rd Annual Scientific Session & Expo (...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
By Dave Fornell, editor
I have watched a trend in medical technology grow from a small ripple a couple years ago into what I expect will be a tidal wave in 2014 due to growing concern over patient...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
By Dave Fornell, editor
With healthcare reform’s focus on information technology as the primary vehicle for change, there has been a massive increased interest in this area. Health IT software has...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
By Dave Fornell, DAIC editor
While the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) focuses on new technology for radiology, it is where vendors formally introduce all their imaging systems,...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
By Dave Fornell, DAIC editor
The largest medical imaging show in the world is the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), taking place Dec. 1-6 at McCormick Place, Chicago. This is...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
By Dave Fornell, editor
Stage 2 meaningful use guidelines for electronic medical records (EMRs) suggest use of clinical decision support (CDS) software to help clinicians choose appropriate labs,...
Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
By Dave Fornell, DAIC editor
It was just a couple years ago in a session at the American College of Cardiology on possible science-fiction-type cardiac technologies of the future that I first saw a...
