From the October 2013 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine


The technology can also be used to deliver drugs directly to a tumor rather than intravenously, which many doctors believe helps the prognosis.

A global approach
As technology continues to expand and facilities in the U.S. deal with reimbursement challenges, elsewhere in the world, cash-strapped hospitals struggle to provide basic technologies to needy populations.

Even in Central and Eastern Europe, a region that has enjoyed a steadily improving economy, MRI purchasing has been slow.

“MRI is still a much demanded technology — the number of MRI units across CEE is insufficient, compared to Western Europe and the U.S.,” says Dominika Grzywinska, health care industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan. “For example, there are six MRI units per million people in Poland, compared to 53 in France.”

In total, North America holds on to 40 percent of the MR market, according to MarketsandMarkets. The report predicts a 5.2 percent growth in Asia from 2013 to 2018.

To help developing nations transition into using the technology, GE has created technologies that make MR systems easier to use by including automated protocols, while also improving training and reducing total cost of ownership for customers in rural areas.

“For rural China or Brazil, the system needs to be very robust,
easy to install, and you need to be able to do it with less-educated personnel,” says GE’s Hausmann. “Having automation translates our intrinsic wisdom into the systems and multiplies that all over the world.”

Hopefully, these advanced technologies will soon be available to any patient in need worldwide.

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DOTmed Registered MRI - October 2013 Companies

Names in boldface are Premium Listings.
Domestic
David Denholtz, Integrity Medical Systems, Inc., FL
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Michaelle Serrano, Oxford Instruments Service, LLC, FL
DOTmed 100
Jeff Sirk, Majestic Medical Solution, LA
Davyn McGuire, Med Exchange International, Inc., MA
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Jeff Rogers, Medical Imaging Resources Inc., MI
DOTmed 100
Brian Bruhschwein, Imaging Solutions, ND
Alison Fortin, Global Inventory Management, NH
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Paul Zahn, Shared Medical Services, Inc., WI
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Suresh Narayan, Toshiba, CA
Richard Olson, Paramed, IL
Bill Conn, Esaote, IN
Jeff Kirk, Majestic Medical Solution, LA
Brian James, North American MRI Parts, CA
Sunny Tabrizi, Sound Imaging, CA
Trent Howell, MIS, GA
Bill Erbes, DirectMed Parts, CA
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Ronen Bechor, ElsMed Ltd. & Relaxation, Inc., FL
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Randy Cox, MRI Technical Services, Inc., GA
Marshall Shannon, Image Technology Consulting, LLC, TX
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Edward Sloan Sr., Ed Sloan & Associates, TN
George Tyler, Altair Imaging LLC, CA
Dave Baldwin, Cool Pair Plus, IL
Randal Walker, Genesis, a BC Technical company, IL
Paul Crawford, Block Imaging International, Inc., MI
Kitch Lark, Sparrow Medical Systems, Inc., MN
Marc Fessler, Independence Cryogenic Engineering, NJ
Christopher McHan, Neusoft, TX
Doug Baker, SafeScan Imaging Services, WI
Larry Knight, Altima, TX
DOTmed Certified
David Stopak, A. Imaging Solutions, Inc., AL
DOTmed Certified
Bruce Smith, Medical Systems Technologies, CO
DOTmed Certified
James Gallagher, LG Medical Technologies, Inc., IL
DOTmed Certified
Jim Blandi, Imaging Services, IL
DOTmed Certified
David Pac, American Radiology Resource, MD
DOTmed Certified
Tony Smith, Classic Diagnostic Imaging, OH
DOTmed Certified
Stephan Anderson, Heritage Radiology, LLC, TX
DOTmed Certified
Sal Aidone, Deccaid Services Inc., NY
DOTmed Certified
Michael Falco, Compass Medical Equipment, Inc., NY
DOTmed Certified
Moti Goldman, MRI Professional Service Repair Imaging, FL
DOTmed 100
Robert Serros, Amber Diagnostics, FL
DOTmed 100
Jeff Weiss, Atlantis Worldwide, LLC, NY
DOTmed 100
John Pereira, United Medical Technologies, FL
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Clark Wilkins, JDI Solutions, Inc., NC
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Robert Manetta, Nationwide Imaging Services, NJ
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Ryan Gilday, Clinical Imaging Systems, Inc., NJ
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Trey McIntyre, International Medical Equipment and Service, Inc., SC
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
John Kolleger, Bayshore Medical Equipment, Inc., NY
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Ian Alpert, Tandem Medical Equipment, NY
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Gary Provenzano, Proton Services, Inc., NJ
DOTmed Certified


International
Mads Vittrup, AGITO Medical, Denmark
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
M Osama Akkash, none, Syria
Mahmood ElHoor, RBMEng, Jordan
Kenny Kim, CUBE CO., LTD., South Korea
David Lapenat, ANDA Medical, Canada
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100

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