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Embracing Your Role as a Patient Advocate: Enhancing the Patient Experience in Medical Imaging

As a radiologic technologist or imaging professional, your responsibilities go far beyond capturing diagnostic images. You are at the forefront of patient care, often interacting with individuals during some of their most vulnerable moments. To truly make an impact, it is vital to embrace your role as a patient advocate.... Read more

RSNA 2024: AI Reaches Critical Mass

At the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, radiologists, technologists and assorted medical professionals from all around the country once again gathered to catch a glimpse of the latest technological breakthroughs in the radiology space. In the last couple years, artificial intelligence... Read more

40 Days of Giving: Cassling Employees Team Up to Give Back

This year, Cassling is proud to celebrate 40 years as a company providing innovative solutions to healthcare organizations and their communities. As part of our celebration, we hosted “40 Days of Giving,” a service-focused challenge encouraging our employees to give back to their communities. Employees were paired into... Read more

Rad Tech Week Demonstrates Need for Year-Round Appreciation

How you doin' radiology community? One of the best weeks of the year is almost upon us – National Radiologic Technologist Week! Cassling’s annual commemoration of Rad Tech Week has taken place for 15 years, and for good reason — this week is an opportunity to stop and appreciate the hard work technologists, physicians,... Read more

C-Arm Radiation Exposure Prevention Tips for Safer Cardiovascular, IR and Hybrid Labs

In healthcare, so much of safety and reference materials emphasize how to protect the patient, but there are far fewer resources dedicated toward helping protect you, the provider, over the course of time. While patients may be exposed to radiation only when they come in for an imaging exam or undergo a surgical procedure... Read more

Cassling Celebrates 40 Years of Supporting Healthcare Providers

As we celebrate 40 years as a company, I can’t help but think about how far we’ve come in supporting healthcare providers on their journey to deliver extraordinary care to patients. Cassling was founded in 1984 by my father, Bob Cassling. He left a reliable career in imaging sales and service to begin his own venture at... Read more

The Complete Guide to the Investing In You Educational Summit 2024

The Investing In You Educational Summit is right around the corner. The full agenda has been unveiled, the state-of-the-art imaging systems you can experience firsthand are all set, and we at Cassling are ready to welcome you to Omaha to see what the future holds for the imaging field. As we get closer to the event on... Read more

A Race Against Time: How One Idaho Hospital Added a New CT Suite to Better Serve Its Community

Since 2014, Bonner General Health in Sand Point, Idaho, has experienced a staggering 73% increase in the number of CT scans they perform annually. This number is a direct result of the influx of population into the area. With only one CT scanner in the hospital to service outpatients and the emergency room, Bonner General... Read more

The Surprising Way AI Is Reshaping Cardiac Ultrasound

Artificial intelligence is evolving healthcare in innumerable ways. Though the public at large currently pictures consumer-focused tools like ChatGPT and the Dall-E image generator when they think of AI, a myriad of AI-based applications are being implemented in the background of healthcare systems around the country,... Read more

Jay Tolsma Sets the Bar for 20 Years

From Field Service Engineer (FSE) to Account Executive (AE), Jay Tolsma’s role has evolved over his 20-year career with Cassling, but what hasn’t changed is Jay’s dedication to the job and his colleagues. His success has been anything but static, as pointed out by Cassling leaders and his peers: Read more

How Much Does an MRI Scanner Cost?

Purchasing a new MRI scanner can be a lengthy, daunting process. Making the right decision means considering multiple options, features, and capabilities, then choosing the one system that is just right for your needs. You’ll likely consider a number of MRI vendors, each of whom claim to have the best technology, service... Read more

How a ND Clinic Boosted X-ray Volume and Patient Experience with SHARP FM X-ray

Essentia Health’s main campus in Fargo, North Dakota, is centrally located among a series of small towns whose local care options typically include acute care and emergency departments. Casselton is one such town, located about 20 miles away. The Essentia Health-Casselton Clinic prides itself on its small town roots, with... Read more

Long-time Field Service Engineer Duane Losh Receives Service Excellence Award

Last August, Field Service Engineer Duane Losh celebrated 35 years of dedicated service. As one of Cassling’s longest-tenured employees, Duane is a true pioneer of “The Cassling Way” and an embodiment of the organization’s culture. These qualities made Duane an ideal recipient of the 2024 Bob Cassling Service Excellence... Read more

Predictions and Hopes for Healthcare in 2024

As we head into the New Year, we’re starting to see some very positive trends in healthcare. Staffing within the healthcare space has roared back, outpacing basically every other industry. Drug prices continue to weigh on the average consumer, but new rules and negotiation policy have sought to bring some of those down.... Read more

Toby Vincent Reaches 20 Years of Service Excellence

As Director of Project Management at Cassling, Toby Vincent has seen more projects through to completion than maybe anyone. And it’s his perseverance and willingness to get every detail ironed out early on that has enabled him to achieve remarkable growth with Cassling over the past two decades. As Toby celebrates 20 years... Read more