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.

Elekta to deliver brain mapping technology to Wisconsin hospital

Elekta has signed a contrast to deliver Elekta Neuromag, the equipmentfor non-invasive registration of nerve cell activity usingmagnetoencephalography technology, to the Froedtert MemorialLutheran Hospital in Milwaukee.

March 11, 2008

Sectra signs PACS deal with Portuguese oncology institute

Sectra has signed an agreement with Instituto Portugûes de Oncologia doPorto Francisco Gentil, Portugal, for Sectra’s PACS products andservices.

March 10, 2008

Spanish government agency selects Barco?s displays

Spanish governmental agency Red.es has chosen several of Barco’sCoronis diagnostic display systems for the introduction and developmentof PACS in hospitals across Spain.

March 10, 2008

Agfa nets Barcelona PACS install

Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with CETIR Grup Mèdic, aradiology provider based in Barcelona, Spain, to install itsImpax PACS.

March 7, 2008

ProMedica taps McKesson for patient safety, healthcare quality

ProMedica Health System has signed a contract with McKesson for itsclinical solutions, pharmacy automation and medication distributionservices to enhance patient safety, help improve operationalefficiencies and reduce healthcare costs.

March 5, 2008

GE to supply Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with MRIs

Two of GE Healthcare’s Signa HDe 1.5T MRIs will be installed at theOlympic Village General Hospital, available for use on allinternational competing athletes during the games.

March 4, 2008

ProvSource taps Ascent Healthcare for SUD re-processor contract

ProvSource has renewed an exclusive contract with Ascent HealthcareSolutions for Ascent’s single-use medical device (SUD) reprocessingservices over the next two years.

March 4, 2008

L.A. children?s hospital selects InnerWireless

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles will deploy InnerWireless’ Horizon inits existing facility and its new 317-bed hospital scheduled to open in2010.

March 3, 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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