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.

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March 21, 2008

EMC to build $31.5M patient archiving system in Finland

EMC will build a centralized patient record archiving system for theSocial Insurance Institution of Finland in a contract estimated to beworth $31.5 million.

March 21, 2008

iCRco scores Midwestern State University CR install

Midwestern State University has awarded iCRco a multi-unit computed radiography (CR) contract.

March 21, 2008

DR Systems lands $3.8M in RIS/PACS contracts

DR Systems, makers of the Unity RIS/PACS, today announced nine newcontracts with healthcare facilities, totaling more than $3.8 million.

March 20, 2008

Philips wins $38M DR contract with Ascent Profit

Royal Philips Electronics and Ascent Profit, a leading Chinese medicalequipment wholesaler, today announced that they have signed a $38.5million (€25 million) contract to bring digital radiography (DR) systems tohospitals in China.

March 20, 2008

Adventist Health Systems taps Konica Minolta for CR

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging has signed a three-year CR agreementwith Adventist Health System/West for Konica Minolta’s Regius Xpressand Regius Nano CR systems.

March 19, 2008

Median Technologies scores Barcelona contract

Median Technologies has signed an agreement with Cetir Grup Mèdic, aradiology provider based in Barcelona, Spain, to install its LMS-Lungand LMS-Liver clinical applications.

March 19, 2008

Finish health agency chooses EMC for patient record archives

The Social Insurance Institution of Finland has selected an EMCinformation infrastructure solution to build a centralized nationalpatient record archives to keep the digital information protected,secure and continuously available.

March 18, 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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