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Ultrasound Road Show

Some of the newest and most innovative ultrasound products from Siemens Healthineers are coming to the Midwest, and you're invited to an intimate glimpse at these systems. Omaha, Nebraska – Oct. 2 Wichita, Kansas – Oct. 11 Sioux City, Iowa – Oct. 16 Des Moines, Iowa – Oct. 17 Fargo, North Dakota – Oct. 23 Read more

340B Drug Pricing Program: How Hospitals and Even Radiology Departments Can Benefit

Editor’s note: While the 340B program is facing Federal revisions, particularly related to program oversight and reimbursement level, the program represents one option many rural and non-profit providers utilize to provide safety-net healthcare services in their respective communities. I recently spoke to a hospital CEO in... Read more

Field Service Engineer Reed Poulsen Celebrates 30 Years with Cassling

This summer, Reed Poulsen, one of Cassling's longest-serving Field Service Engineers, celebrated 30 years of offering exceptional equipment service to customers. Here, those who know Reed best offer their congratulations, along with a few photos highlighting just how much imaging equipment (and Reed himself!) have changed... Read more

Celebrate Sonographers with Help (and Free Swag) from Cassling

You may have noticed that we’ve gone a little ultrasound-crazy here at Cassling. It’s not until October that we celebrate Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month, or as we’ve taken to calling it, #MUAM (my social media team tells me I have to use the hashtag or it doesn’t count). School is barely back in session, but we wanted... Read more

Commitment and Loyalty Mark Rod Rosenbohm's Decades of Service

As Field Service Engineer Rod Rosenbohm celebrates 30 years of helping the Midwest's hospitals maintain maximum equipment uptime, friends and colleagues chimed in with their thoughts on what makes Rod's career at Cassling so special. Not surprisingly, almost all were quick to point to his loyalty to customers and... Read more

Helmsley Grants Available for Radiology Equipment

The Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare Program's Radiology Equipment Initiative is a funding opportunity for qualifying Critical Access Hospitals and not-for-profit clinics in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. This year, qualifying facilities may apply for funding to... Read more

Kathy Osborne Celebrates 20 Years in the Family Business

When Account Executive Kathy Osborne was a kid, she visited a client hospital with her father, Ken Vetter, a man instrumental to the company’s initial success. While there, she got a firsthand look at the X-ray machines and other equipment that Cassling Diagnostic Imaging has been supplying to hospitals for upwards of... Read more

Retiring Engineer Exemplifies the Best of Cassling Service

Most people probably know Dan Spahn as a reliable, intelligent Field Service Engineer whom hospitals trust to handle any number of imaging equipment issues they encounter. Read more

For Former Sonographer, Work Ethic Born on the Ranch Translates Well to Business

Randy Wobig, Cassling Chief Information Officer, shares how he got started in the healthcare industry and about his transition into the corporate field. Read more

The ACUSON Sequoia Ultrasound

What if you could... Image every patient, no matter the size or weight? Get a fully focused B-mode image no matter the patient type? Get higher contrast longevity on the most difficult patients? Get real-time color flow every time without motion artifacts? Image and measure tissue stiffness deeper than ever before? Now you... Read more

Patients May Benefit as Sonography Becomes a Go-To Procedure

Advances in ultrasound technology, combined with hospitals looking to provide highly accurate yet affordable care to patients, have led to a shift in the way ultrasound is viewed. Exams are now being used to complement or even take the place of the types of diagnostic procedures that previously would have required an MRI,... Read more

Support Sonographers - Order Your Free Ultrasound Awareness Month Promo Materials

Celebrating the Sound of Healthcare Jazz up your celebration of sonographers during Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month with Cassling’s complimentary promotional posters, magnets and stickers! Cassling is excited to provide free, dedicated materials to help you recognize the important role of your sonographers this October... Read more

Cassling Begins Ultrasound Service: What That Means for Our Customers

For the first time, Cassling has extended its equipment service capabilities to the ultrasound space. At the beginning of this month, we announced that our customers will now receive preventive maintenance and service on their ultrasound units directly from Cassling. Previously, those duties were handled exclusively by... Read more

Jason Horst Celebrates 20 Years of Pristine Field Service

Customers are often in disbelief when they discover how quickly our Field Service Engineers get back to them about service issues. And that’s thanks largely in part to intelligent, hard-working individuals like Jason Horst. “Recently a new customer was skeptical about how quickly we would really respond to their service... Read more

Will Robots Run Radiology?

If you follow the latest trends and emerging technologies in healthcare, you have surely seen endless headlines about artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology. The buzz is well within reason. Artificial intelligence encompasses an extensive range of computerized technologies to solve problems in ways that imitate human... Read more