Practice Management

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

eHealthConnect grows among organ transplant departments

eHealth Global Technologies reported that its eHealthConnect medicalrecord retrieve and e-delivery service at more than 25 U.S. solid organtransplant departments since launching the service just 18 months ago.

Elekta donates stereotactic system to Ukraine

Elekta, a provider of technology for treating cancer and braindisorders, has donated its Leksell stereotactic system for minimallyinvasive brain surgery to the International Charitable FoundationUkraine 3000.

Illinois breast center utilizes Xoft radiation therapy

The Comprehensive Breast Health Center at Little Company of MaryHospital in Evergreen, Ill., has delivered a complete dose of radiationtherapy with Xoft therapy in the operating room at the time oflumpectomy for patients with early stage breast cancer.

Miami, Palm Beach lead Florida in imaging costs

State figures show that the Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties inFlorida have a lot more medical imaging centers per patient than otherstate counties, leading to unnecessary visits and higher healthinsurance costs.

Emdeon acquires GE Healthcare printing, mailing services unit

Emdeon, a provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle managementsolutions, has acquired GE Healthcare IT’s patient statement business,a bulk printing and mailing services provider.

IMP unveils new billing software subscription service

Imaging Management Professionals, a provider of administrative softwareand services for radiology practices and diagnostic imaging centers,has released a new subscription-based service line through theintroduction of its revenue cycle management software.

IMAGINE employs iPhone dashboard app

Medical billing technology developer IMAGINE software has released itsIMAGINEradiology iPhone dashboard application, allowing physicians andadministrators to monitor their practice’s performance and revenuestream.

AMS nets 21 PACS orders in two months

PACS provider American Medical Sales (AMS) took orders for 21 PACSsites across the United States from its distributor network during Julyand August.

Around the web

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.

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. 

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