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For 97 years, members of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) have met to discuss the newest and greatest advancements in radiological technologies.  From November 25-29th, nearly 60,000 representatives of member organizations will gather in Chicago for the 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, including Accusoft employees!  They’ll be quite busy with five days of over 2000 educational exhibits, over 1000 scientific posters and over 600 technical exhibits.  Stop by booth #3601 to see how Accusoft is contributing to radiological imaging innovation!

Read more to find out which two Accusoft products are vying for the spotlight at this year’s meeting.

A few stories that caught our attention this week include how successful collaboration focuses on enabling business activities, not expanding access to information, and how barcodes are helping miners in the Congo sell their products abroad.

In our Follow Friday series, we feature a few industry news finds to share with you. We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

Medical imaging saves money, lives - Billings Gazette
By Kathleen Ryan, M.D.

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, access to medical imaging is directly linked to greater life expectancy. Americans with greater access to medical imaging scans live longer than those without. Deaths from breast cancer and other serious illnesses have plummeted largely due to early diagnosis and treatment made possible by imaging scans.

Collaboration: It’s about people and processes - ComputerWorld
By Alex Jasper

While it’s true that we often collaborate around information, we shouldn’t make the mistake of believing that collaboration is about information. Better access to more information doesn’t improve productivity unless it enables business activities that weren’t possible before (e.g., analytics) or accelerates existing activities. Real collaboration is about improving the processes that people use to get their jobs done.

Read more to find out how the numbers indicate an expected increase in electronic health record (EHR) use within the next year.

A few stories that caught our attention this week include a look back at the history of the barcode and some terrifying, tech-savvy Halloween costume inspiration. Check out the links below to read the full articles.

In our Follow Friday series, we feature a few industry news finds to share with you. We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

Halloween Costume Uses Smartphone App to Display Your Beating Heart (Video) - Mashable
By Charlie White
Ever watched a scary movie with special effects that seemed terrifyingly realistic and thought, “Wow, I wish I could do that for Halloween!”  Well, your dreams have come true: check out how smartphone apps and some surprisingly easy costume ideas can be combined for some freaky, spook-tacular results.

The Bar Code Turns 60 (Infographic) - Government Technology
The barcode turned 60 yesterday, and this helpful infographic tracks the transformation of the barcode and provides some interesting history.  For example, did you know that the first product to be logged with a barcode in a grocery store was Wrigley’s chewing gum?

Read more to see what else we found, including why researchers find cloud innovations so helpful and how governmental regulation can sometimes inadvertently restrict those innovations!

Here some of the stories that caught our attention this week from improving the patient experience through EMR and health IT to how CFOs are seeing the value in the cloud.  In our Follow Friday series, we feature a few of our finds to share with you. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

Improving the patient experience through EMR and health IT - EHR Intelligence
By Robert Green

When the conflicting ideas of competition and collaboration are joined in a conversation about a continuum of patient care, the conversation with the EMR vendor will elevate to serving the purpose of the physicians within their community of care. This step is not only important because of the outcomes for patients and the clinic, but it also serves in advancing the definition of the patient experience.

Wake up, IT: Even CFOs see value in the cloud - InfoWorld
By David Linthicum

Some of the benefits CFOs saw most include significant capital and operational savings, better security (you heard right), and productivity gains that come from the ability to work from any device.

Read more to see what else caught our eye, and to share what you've found this week!