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.

AMS nets 11 PACS orders last month

American Medical Sales (AMS) received orders for another 11 PACS sites from its distributor network during March.

April 16, 2008

DeJarnette nabs European PACS data migration order

DeJarnette Research Systems has received its first European legacy PACS data migration order.

April 16, 2008

London center installs Siemens' cardiac imaging systems

The Clinical Imaging and Research Centre based at The WellingtonHospital in North London, a private hospital for cardiac care, hasinstalled a Somatom Definition Dual Source CT, Symbia T6 SPECT/CT andultrasound scanners from Siemens Healthcare.

April 15, 2008

Medipattern nabs multi-site install for B-CAD

Suffolk Medical Imaging and Mid Island Medical Imaging, private radiology practices serving the Long Island community in the greater metropolitan New York area have installed the B-CAD from Medipattern, a developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) medical imaging for cancer.

April 15, 2008

Colorado health center selects eClinicalWorks for EMR, PM

Salud Family Health Centers, a federally qualified community health center in Colorado outside of Denver, has purchased licenses of eClinicalWorks unified EMR and practice management (PM) solution.

April 15, 2008

National Cancer Institute chooses Luna's agent for preclinical characterization

The National Cancer Institute has selected Luna Innovations’ MRIcontrast agent as a candidate for preclinical characterization by theNanotechnology Characterization Laboratory.

April 14, 2008

Southern German hospital group rolls out Agfa?s Orbis

Three acute care clinics from the Märkische Kliniken hospital group insouthern Germany have integrated their medical, nursing andadministrative IT processes following the installation of AgfaHealthCare’s Orbis in early 2008.

April 11, 2008

NovaRad wins three new PACS, RIS contracts

NovaRad of American Fork, Utah, has won new contracts with three imaging centers in the United States.

April 10, 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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