
Partner, Pacific Interventional
Member of the Healthcare Council
J. Joseph Hewett, MD is the Medical Director of Vascular Access Centers of South Los Angeles, Vascular Access Center of Los Angeles, and Newport Cancer Care Diagnostic Imaging and Interventions. He is a managing partner in Pacific Interventional which operates outpatient vascular access centers and intervntional radiology clinics and staffs hospital Interventional Radiology Departments throughout Orange County and Southern Los Angeles. Dr. Hewett practices diagnostic radiology as well as interventional radiology including treatment of peripheral vascular disease, aortic aneurysm, uterine fibroid embolization, chemoembolization, varicose vein treatment, carotid stenting, vertebroplasty, treatement of deep venous thrombosis, and spinal injection procedures. He has experience in kyphoplasty, radioembolization of liver tumors, radiofrequency ablation of cancer, implementation of PET/CT, implementation of cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI. (This is me - Update Profile)
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Speech Recognition in it's Adolescence
September 4, 2007
Philips SpeechMagic Used In Largest Deployment Of Front-End Radiology Speech Recognition In The UK | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Despite large advances in the utility of speech recognition in medicine, the stated benefits are not fully achieved at this time. The development of this technology promises significant cost savings and improvements in efficiency especially in the radiology department. The maturation of this technology will be an important symbiosis to the maturation of imaging and other workflow technologies in radiology. The key to successful use of speech recognition is judicious implementation.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Experts in the Leisure & Lodging Council | 4887 |
| Experts in the Automotive Council | 3422 |
| Radiologists (US) | 708 |
| Diagnostic Radiologists (US) | 438 |
| Physicians who Treat Peripheral Vascular Disease | 265 |
John Hewett has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.