Cassling Blog

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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

Customers Come First for Kevin Richardson, Field Service Engineer

For Kevin Richardson, Cassling Field Service Engineer, a vacation means something quite different from what it might mean to the rest of us. Read more

Price Transparency in Imaging: What You Need to Know

There’s perhaps no greater disconnect between providers and patients than when it comes to price transparency. Read more

'Sonographer approved': the ACUSON Juniper Ultrasound System

Higher patient volumes. Larger patient sizes. The need to simply do more with less. We know there are many challenges you face in your practice. That's why we're so excited about new ultrasound technology from Siemens Healthineers to help you do more—and do it confidently. Created with both form and function in mind, the... Read more

Bringing Ultrasound Best Practices to Your Front Door

In case you didn’t notice, we’re pretty big believers in the importance of education here at Cassling. Read more

Ultrasound Research: Looking Beyond the Headlines

When I see a scary headline in the media—especially when it has to do with ultrasound—I feel it’s my obligation to educate the masses. Read more

Win an Ultrasound Lunch & Learn

Win a Lunch & Learn for your organization! Cassling is committed to educating the current and next generations of sonographers. We're also excited to celebrate a new era of Siemens ultrasound technology. That's why we're giving away an on-site ultrasound lunch & learn to an accredited healthcare institution. Read more

Six Tips to Make the Most of Self-Learning CE Activities

We’re pretty big on education here at Cassling. Healthcare and imaging have undergone unprecedented change in recent years and, because this evolution shows no signs of slowing down, it’s critical that providers and healthcare workers of all kinds keep up with the latest advances. And the way to do that is through... Read more

Cassling Female Leaders Provide Important Advice

Cassling has embraced the presence of capable leaders who just so happen to be female. We've told you before about Michelle Loewenstein, who was among the first women in the world to service Siemens linear accelerators as a Field Service Engineer for Cassling. She exemplified leadership all those years ago and continues to... Read more

3 Key Steps To Ultrasound Fleet Standardization

With everything that’s been happening in the field of ultrasound, you might start to get a serious case of FOMO if you’re still using equipment that’s more than a few years old. Recently, the industry has turned its attention toward improved workflows, a better experience for the patient and a new level of ergonomic... Read more

2018 Brings Big Changes for X-ray Reimbursement

Reimbursement isn’t what it used to be. At the beginning of this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started applying a 7% penalty to all reimbursements for Computed Radiography (CR) exams. By all accounts, this hasn’t led to the widespread exodus away from CR systems that CMS was likely hoping would... Read more