Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Warning: Sidelined reactor could trigger medical isotope shortage
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.
Malpractice watchers: Radiologists, imaging societies should bone up on the ‘science of visual perception’
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.
ACR shares guidance for radiology providers facing IV supply shortages after hurricane
Baxter’s North Cove manufacturing site was significantly impacted by unprecedented rain and storm surge from Hurricane Helene hitting western North Carolina.
Incidental finding characteristics that warrant communication
Three factors are associated with true high-risk findings—imaging protocols for aortic valve implantation planning, imaging area, and cardiology department orders.
AI implementation improves when radiology staff concerns are considered
Although the potential benefits of artificial intelligence are numerous, its implementation is not without headaches for healthcare staffers.

NovaRad debuts new RIS/PACS version

NovaRad has released version 7.1 of its combined NovaRIS/NovaPACS, now available for hospitals, imaging centers and clinics.

November 5, 2008

Capital Healthcare, CDP Medical integrate CVIS, PACS

Capital Healthcare Solutions and CDP Medical have integrated CardioDx, Capitals cardiovascular information system (CVIS) with CDP Medical Ensemble, CDPs diagnostic imaging and PACS.

November 4, 2008

CodeRyte secures $13 million equity financing

CodeRyte, a computer-assisted coding and Natural Language Processing company, has obtained $13 million of expansion capital from a new investor, Versant Ventures.

November 4, 2008

Virtual Radiologic to provide teleradiology services for VHA members

Virtual Radiologic, a provider of teleradiology services, has signed a multi-year agreement with VHA, a U.S. healthcare alliance, to be the single-source provider of teleradiology services for VHA's 1,429 community-based hospital members.

November 4, 2008

Tufts chooses eClinicalWorks as EMR, PM provider

Tufts Medical Center and the New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA), the physician network of Tufts, have selected eClinicalWorks unified EMR and practice management (PM) software, placing the system in the academic and community settings.

November 4, 2008

Tennessee health system to exchange patient data with ICA platform

MidSouth eHealth Alliance will transition from Vanderbilt Medical Centers technology platform to Informatics Corporation of Americas (ICA) commercial version of the solution to support the ongoing exchange of patient data throughout Shelby County and two adjoining counties in west Tennessee.

November 3, 2008

Carestream wins new CR, DR orders

Carestream Health has received several orders for its digital medical imaging solutions that include mobile, tabletop and CR systems, as well as DR systems.

October 31, 2008

Amirsys

Amirsys (Booth 2801) is featuring its new STATdx premier integrated diagnostic decision support system, which includes all the features of standard STATdx.

October 30, 2008

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Cardiovascular Business

Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

Cardiovascular Business

‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.

Cardiovascular Business

FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer.

Practice Management

Warning: Sidelined reactor could trigger medical isotope shortage

Malpractice watchers: Radiologists, imaging societies should bone up on the ‘science of visual perception’

ACR shares guidance for radiology providers facing IV supply shortages after hurricane

Incidental finding characteristics that warrant communication

AI implementation improves when radiology staff concerns are considered

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