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.

ACS signs $100M IS deal with Massachusetts health system

Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) has received a five-year contract,totaling $100 million, with UMass Memorial Health Care, a Worcester,Mass.-based hospital system, to provide information systems (IS)services.

August 4, 2008

MEDSEEK nets 15 new contracts

MEDSEEK, a provider of enterprise portal connectivity services, has signed 15 new U.S. and Canadian hospital customers.

August 4, 2008

TomoTherapy scores Swedish install

The TomoTherapy Hi-Art treatment system will be installed at Lund University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden.

August 4, 2008

ACS scores $4M New Orleans EMS contract to electronically capture patient data

Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) has won a $4 million contract to provideelectronic patient records capture for the New Orleans emergencymedical services (EMS) agency.

August 1, 2008

Park City Healthcare chooses iMedica EHR, PM technology

Park City Healthcare in Utah has chosen iMedica's EHR and practicemanagement (PM) application, the iMedica Patient Relationship Manager.

August 1, 2008

CodeRyte signs two radiology billing companies

ADVOCATE Radiology Billing and Reimbursement Specialists and RMIPhysician Services have entered into multi-year agreements to continueand expand their use of CodeRyte’s services for radiology coding.

August 1, 2008

Kansas selects NovaRad PACS

Graham County Hospital in Hill City, Kan., has selected NovaRad’sNovaPACS to access studies between the hospital and radiologist groupsthat read for the hospital.

August 1, 2008

Maryland state cancer database deliberately altered

A Maryland state contractor tampered with the state’s cancer registry,a database used by researchers to track the disease's impact, countinghundreds of patients as having cancer when they did not, according to alegislative audit.

July 31, 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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