Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.
The impending shortage pertains to molybdenum-99, or Mo-99. A structural issue has occurred with a pipe within the high-flux reactor in Petten, Netherlands, which will require an immediate repair.
In a more perfect world, legal cases against radiologists would solely focus on whether or not the defendant’s misdiagnosis reflected a true failure to uphold the standard of care.
Baxter’s North Cove manufacturing site was significantly impacted by unprecedented rain and storm surge from Hurricane Helene hitting western North Carolina.
Three factors are associated with true high-risk findings—imaging protocols for aortic valve implantation planning, imaging area, and cardiology department orders.
Citing low health literacy as a barrier between providers and patients in overcoming healthcare disparities, DenseBreast-info.org updated their breast density materials to include more patient-friendly, “simple language.”
Per Bayer’s communications, the contrast agent is manufactured at the same site in Berlin, Germany as the Ultravist that is intended for U.S. markets, but due to its intended distribution abroad it lacks current FDA-approved labeling.
The software will be used for the triage and notification of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), pulmonary embolism (PE) and c-spine fractures identified on CT imaging.
The 40 evidence-based recommendations touch on everything from patient selection to study choice, radiation safety, clinical team dynamics, procedural techniques, study interpretations and more.
In the June 29 announcement, the ACR revealed CMS said the additional evidence provided to them was “insufficient” to support the reconsideration of their non-coverage decision.
The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.
CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.
