[telemedicine] California Hospitals Adopt Advanced Technology

[Medical Informatics News]

At medical centers in Visalia and Tulare, California upgrades in medical-imaging technology
have taken X-rays to a new level, allowing patients to undergo sophisticated diagnostic evaluations close to home
rather than traveling out of town. From the Visalia Times-Delta:

New technology at the Sequoia Regional
Imaging Center in Visalia has replaced films of X-rays with images that can be viewed on computer by physicians
in hospitals, offices or homes seconds after they’ve been taken.

”This is something important when it comes to our availability so we can help patients more quickly,” said Gordan
Ah Tye, director of the Kaweah Delta imaging center in Visalia.

State-of-the-art equipment, such as the center’s helical CT scanner, can take 60 to 70 images in a typical scan,
Ah Tye said.


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