InSite One has promoted Chris Coleman to vice president of sales formanaging and supporting the sales team for the western United States.

Radiology benefit management (RBM) firms have sprung into existence thepast few years to address the over utilization of high-end (typicallydefined as CT or MR) imaging procedures in the United States. Thesecompanies act as a mediator to insure that an ordered diagnosticimaging procedure meets American College of Radiology (ACR)Appropriateness Guidelines and/or criteria set by the payor to whom theexam will be billed.

According to Benjamin Franklin, time is money and an ounce ofprevention is worth a pound of cure. Diagnostic imaging practices inthe United States are acutely aware of how little time can be wasted inthe course of day-to-day operations to efficiently manage study volumesand remain profitable. They’re also cognizant that navigating aroundroadblocks is more effective than coming up against them and searchingfor detours.

A patient comes into a facility for a diagnostic imaging exam, theinterpreting physician reads the study and notes abnormal findings inthe report, staff contacts the referring clinician directly with theresults, and then waits for the referrer to follow-up. The vastmajority of the time these recommendations are acted upon and theappropriate imaging procedures are ordered.

Coming up with a standard radiology terminology is the seeminglyHerculean task of RadLex, a lexicon for the uniform indexing andretrieval of radiology information resources. The effort formally beganin 2005 with the formation of six committees formed in collaborationwith more than 30 radiology professional and standards organizations.

iCAD has partnered with ACR Image Metrix for a clinical trial to establish whether iCAD's CT colon product will help radiologists to interpret virtual colonoscopy in detecting colorectal polyps and cancers.

Barco has launched its advanced control room management software andits 3D workstation for multi-channel desktops and small- tomedium-size video walls.

BioSphere Medical, an interventional device developer, has named JoelB. Weinstein to the newly created position of vice president of globalmarketing and sales.