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Written by Byron Osing, Chair and CEO.

Complete interoperability would allow multiple medical systems and data bases to connect with one another, regardless of whether data is stored in the cloud, on a VNA or a PACS system. In the current state, if a physician wants to access pertinent information, they frequently need to do so in multiple systems, often supplied by competing manufacturers, which contain the patient records. This causes the physician to log in and out of each individual system, and still not get an entire view of the patient or history. The problem is amplified when the physician must search for images or records in a different facility that is geographically removed from their own. This requires the physician to have security credentials to access those systems in a different facility and the logging in and out required is an extremely time consuming and wasteful process.

Written by Greg Girard, Director of Product Management - HealthCare.

With the launch of ResolutionMD™ 3.2, Calgary Scientific Inc. has found a way to cut minutes to seconds when it comes to diagnostic image viewing. The software allows doctors to view relevant images on mobile devices, helping them compare current images with previous ones to see any changes that have developed over the patient's history. Instead of scrolling back and forth between images, medical practitioners can use the software to view a side-by-side comparison, enabling them to pinpoint differences and potential problems.

Written by Kyle Peterson, Director of Regulatory and Corporate Affairs.

The United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Calgary Scientific Inc.'s innovative ResolutionMD™ software for diagnosis on the Android platform. ResolutionMD™ allows users to view and diagnose medical images across mobile devices, including both smartphones and tablets. With this clearance, medical institutions of all types have another option when it comes to accessing medical images on mobile devices.

Written by Mike Colombo, Vice President Marketing.

Cloud computing is taking the business world by storm, offering a cheaper and easier way to complete an increasing number of tasks.  Services are accessed remotely and only when necessary, so users need to only pay for the time they spend using them.  The cloud is infiltrating every industry, but the virtualization of the healthcare industry is lagging behind.

Written by Randy Rountree, EVP of Global IT & Strategic Alliances.

As a medical imaging and informatics technology, ResolutionMD™ is used by radiologists around the world to review and collaborate on patient medical images for diagnosis. Rarely, is the technology used for training radiologists on how to interpret and understand medical images. Such was the case in late February at the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) Annual Meeting in Maui, Hawaii

Written by Randy Rountree, EVP of Global IT & Strategic Alliances.

Ask radiologists and other physicians how to reduce the risk of medical errors in patient diagnosis and you'll commonly hear: “Get me a second set of eyes, preferably well-rested ones.”

Written by Randy Rountree, EVP of Global IT & Strategic Alliances.

With the Affordable Care Act healthcare providers and insurers will soon be competing in whole new ways for patients and profits. High quality healthcare providers - the choice of patients not choosing on low price or solely on proximity – are about to get pulled deeper into a game of supply and demand.

"More than 500 [accountable care organizations, or ACOs],” applied as newcomers to the US health care delivery system in 2013 according to a new report from consulting firm Oliver Wyman. The report predicts that in the year ahead, there will be not just more heath delivery organizations and "not just more new participants but far more patients per organization" in the US healthcare system.

Written by Randy Rountree, EVP of Global IT & Strategic Alliances.

Thirty million more people are going to be coming into the US healthcare system starting 2014 – a system with costs already soaring above $2 trillion annually. There is growing evidence that Healthcare information technology (IT) can deliver essential cost savings to help enable US healthcare reform. So why is real adoption of medical technologies still falling so short of predictions*?

Written by Mark Wagner, Director Strategic Partnerships.

This was the eighth RSNA event for Calgary Scientific but my fourth experience at the show billed as the place where the finest breakthroughs in medical imaging emerge each year. It was a chance for our team to spend time with our partners, observe competitors and talk to end users about shifting needs in healthcare informatics technologies.

Written by Byron Osing, Chair and CEO.

In 2011, more than 136,000 Calgarians received food from the Emergency Food Hamper Program delivered by the Calgary Food Bank. Every year more than 7 million kilograms of food gets distributed to Calgarians in need.

And it takes more than 100 people volunteering every day at the food bank to make all that happen.