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.

California imaging center deploys Toshiba Vantage Titan MRI

Health Scan Imaging has installed Toshiba America Medical Systems Vantage Titan MR system at its location in Temecula, Calif.

October 9, 2008

Spotlight: Sanger Clinic relies on homegrown cardiology IT applications

In the last five years, Sanger Clinic in Charlotte, N.C., has matured in the cardiovascular services arena, excelling in nuclear cardiology, echo, vascular medicine, electrophysiology and pacemaker services. In order to save money, improve patient data workflow and connect physicians in remote locations, the clinic has relied on in-house docs, allied health and IT personnel to design and develop IT applications.

October 9, 2008

GWU Hospital installs Orthocrat's TraumaCad

George Washington University (GWU) Hospital has purchased TraumaCad, aweb-based pre-operative planning and digital templating softwaresolution from Orthocrat.

October 8, 2008

Eclipsys completes $45M acquisition of MediNotes

  Eclipsys has completed its acquisition of MediNotes, a provider of physician practice information solutions, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

October 6, 2008

U.K. hospital adopts Siemens CT Somatom

The Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) at the Freeman Hospital inNewcastle Upon Tyne, England, has recently installed a SomatomSensation Open 40-slice CT simulator from Siemens Healthcare. 

October 6, 2008

Visage partners with ACR for interactive radiology education

Visage Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems,has partnered with the American College of Radiology (ACR) to provideits Visage CS thin-client server, which will be used for interactiveradiology education on coronary CT angiography and the Dartmouth PET/CTcourse.

October 3, 2008

Florida trauma center installs Toshiba Aquilion ONE CT

Shands at the University of Florida medical center, a level onetrauma center in Florida, has installed Toshiba America MedicalSystems Aquilion ONE dynamic-volume CT system.

October 3, 2008

California hospital chooses NeoTool interface engine

El Centro Regional Medical Center, a community hospital in El Centro,Calif., has selected NeoTool’s interface engine, NeoIntegrate, toprovide healthcare interoperability.

October 3, 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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