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.

Florida hospital installs Flo Healthcare mobile clinical workstations

All Children’s Hospital has replaced its first round of carts on wheelswith wireless mobile clinical workstations from Flo Healthcare, ofNorcross, Ga.

February 22, 2008

GE Healthcare deploys first ApexPro FH telemetry system

Memorial Hospital North is the first healthcare institution to deployApexPro FH, a spread-spectrum frequency hopping telemetry system fromGE Healthcare, on its Carescape Enterprise Access in-building wirelessplatform.

February 21, 2008

Trinity Health continues hospital health IT initiative

Trinity Health, a large Catholic health system, is preparing to launchits 12th successive hospital system activation of HealthQuest andCerner PowerChart applications in support of clinical documentation andcomputerized physician order entry.

February 21, 2008

L.A. hospital implements Medsphere EHR

Medsphere Systems Corporation has completed a phase one deployment ofits open source-based OpenVista EHR at Century City Doctors Hospital in Los Angeles.

February 21, 2008

ART sells first SoftScan optical breast imaging system

Advanced Research Technologies (ART) has sold its first SoftScanoptical breast imaging system to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centrein Toronto, Canada.

February 21, 2008

Carestream nets European contracts

Carestream Health has signed contracts for its Kodak CarestreamRIS/PACS platforms and its Carestream Business Diagnostics with 12European healthcare facilities.

February 20, 2008

NovaRad wins three California RIS, PACS customers

Three facilities in California have purchased NovaRad’s PACS and RIS technologies.

February 20, 2008

Louisiana hospital signs $8M deal with McKesson for EHRs

Opelousas General Health System has signed an $8 millionagreement with McKesson to deploy a range of clinical, automation andfinancial solutions.

February 19, 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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