Practice Management

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

Bioluminescence imaging may be useful in testing cancer drug efficacy

Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas are amongthe first to show that bioluminescence imaging can be used todetermine the effectiveness of cancer drugs that choke off a tumor’sblood supply.

German hospital links teleradiology to Siemens EHR

Klinikum Chemnitz has linked its teleradiology service with the SoarianIntegrated Care eHealth EHR solution from SiemensHealthcare.

U.S. MRI annual volume growth slowing

In the last four years, MRI procedure volume growth in the UnitedStates has slowed to an average annualized rate of 3 percent, comparedto an average growth rate of 15 percent prior to 2004, according to anew study published by IMV Medical Information Division.

Illinois hospital selects Allscripts for EHR, practice management solutions

Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, Ill., has selected the AllscriptsEHR and practice management solution for the 45 physicians employed atRush-Copley.

N.C. healthcare system deploys HealthPort revenue cycle management solution

HealthPort will supply three N.C. hospitals within the AppalachianRegional Healthcare System of Boone, N.C., with its HealthPort revenuecycle management solution.

eHealth inks image exchange deal with Rochester RHIO

eHealth Global Technologies has signed an agreement with the RochesterRegional Health Information Organization (RHIO) to provide theeHealthConnect Image Exchange service for a two-year initial term.

IMAGINE launches new practice management software version

IMAGINE Software has launched its IMAGINEradiology 5.0, OptimusEdition, designed to enhance the current features of IMAGINEradiologypractice management software.

Connecticut women?s health center installs CoActiv imaging systems

Candlewood Center for Women’s Health in Danbury, Conn., has installedCoActiv’s digital image communications system to enable rapid offsitereading of its Hologic digital mammography exams.

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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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