This CME program consists of text and a various presentation graphics taken from the indiviudal faculty presentations. You should read the information, refer to the references, and complete the self-evaluation post-test in order to be awarded CME credit.

Target Audience: This activity is intended for emergency physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, cardiologists, and other specialists who care for patients in emergency settings with acute heart failure.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
– Review the definitions, prevalence and presentations of ADHF and AHF syndromes in the emergency department.
– Compare currently available evidencebased clinical practice guidelines for ADHF and AHF for the emergency setting.
– Identify optimal care pathways and multidisciplinary strategies for best patient outcomes for ADHF and AHF in the emergency setting.
– Critically discuss current and future trends in the treatment of ADHF and AHF

Session Two is the second of three sessions covering the 2007 Fourth Annual MDCT Symposium. This session is broken into four parts, the first two being individual presentations covering a variety of topics and the third and fourth being CT Colonography Case Reviews. The presentation titles and the associated faculty for each are listed below. The estimated time for completion is 3 hours.

While patients have been the major beneficiaries of this technology through improved and rapid non-invasive imaging, we also recognize that scanning techniques have become more complex, both for scanning techniques and contrast media injections protocols.

Target Audience: This activity is designed for practicing radiologists working in either private or academic settings, radiologists-in-training, non-radiology physicians and practicing radiologic technologists.

In this supplement, Dr. Sean Casey, CEO of Virtual Radiologic Corp., discusses the importance of workflow analysis and optimization in a distributed practice and 8 pitfalls that can impair a practice’s efficiency. His widely distributed practice, like those of other large distributed groups, has worked very hard to address and overcome these issues that are especially critical to the success of a teleradiology company. His advice applies, however, not only to teleradiology practices but also to the majority of current radiology practices that now have multiple information systems spread across multiple locations.

Dr. Howard Kessler, Director of Technology Development and Chief Operating Officer of Radiology Solutions, discusses the technology, but also the philosophic, business, and socioeconomic aspects and the potential associated with a distributed imaging practice. He also addresses the benefits of such a practice and lists the risks associated with implementing a distributed imaging system. Finally, Dr. Kessler provides practical advice and questions to consider when planning to expand a practice’s services.