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.

Viztek scores Southern Nigerian PACS install

Viztek has installed two of its web-based Opal-RAD PACS in corporate health clinics in Southern Nigeria.

March 27, 2008

Cardiomedix partners with CDP Medical for PACS distribution

Cardiomedix, a provider and developer of ambulatory cardiac services and telemedicine technologies, has signed an agreement with CDP Medical to distribute its PACS solutions in the United States.

March 27, 2008

Medipattern nets Austrian hospital B-CAD install

Medipattern, a developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) medicalimaging for cancer, has installed the B-CAD 2.2 at General Hospital inSalzburg, Austria.

March 26, 2008

Transolutions selects M*Modal for speech understanding technology

Transolutions and M*Modal have entered an agreement to offer integratedservices to Transolutions’ transcription clients, in an effort tostreamline the ability to share patient data by bringing structured andencoded data from dictation into EHRs.

March 26, 2008

Cerner Solutions nets San Diego ED install

Tri-City Medical Center in San Diego has implemented the CernerMillennium healthcare computing platform to improve patient care andincrease compliance in its emergency department (ED).

March 25, 2008

Creighton Area Health Services chooses NovaPACS

Creighton Area Health Services in Creighton, Neb., has installed the NovaPACS from the American Fork, Utah-based NovaRad.

March 25, 2008

Siemens installs HD-PET technology at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Siemens Healthcare has completed the first clinical installation of its high definition (HD)-PET technology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

March 24, 2008

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems

March 21, 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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