Like any medical field, orthopedic radiography is subject to various outside trends that affect what patients need as well as how practices need to run in order to be successful. The positive side of this is that implementing digital radiography is a good way to adapt to some of these trends. Perhaps one [...]
JPI Healthcare Solutions is exhibiting at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS 2019) at the Venetian/Sands Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV on March 13th through 15th. AAOS is deemed "the world's largest orthopaedic meeting," with approximately 14,000 orthopaedic surgeons and other healthcare professionals in attendance. In [...]
Insofar as best practices for radiology in orthopedics are concerned, there are a number of crucial elements for doctors and specialists to observe and report. Adequacy with regard to number of views taken. Minimum of 2, preference for 3 while some bones require 4; images should have adequate penetration Normal x-rays should have [...]
Injuries to the musculoskeletal system (bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons) top the list of reasons to visit physicians’ offices. As such, it comes as no surprise that Digital Radiography (DR) is widely used in large hospitals and medical practices of all sizes and specialties including orthopedics. DR is capable of capturing a large [...]
