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.

Mount Sinai chooses Symantec for data protection, HIPAA compliancy

The Mount Sinai Medical Center has selected Vontu Data Loss Prevention 8 from Symantec to protect electronic personal healthcare information (EPHI) and other confidential data, as well as enable HIPAA compliance.

February 5, 2008

Brooklyn RHIO selects Initiate for patients? records

The Brooklyn Health Information Exchange, a not-for-profit regional health information organization (RHIO), has selected Initiate PatientT software from Initiate Systems for locating, linking and matching of patient records.

February 5, 2008

InSite One scores five cardiology contracts

InSite One, a storage archive and disaster recovery service provider for the medical imaging market, has signed contracts with several cardiology sites.

February 5, 2008

Saudi Arabia hospital selects Orion Health

King Fahd Medical City, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has adoptedOrion Health’s Rhapsody Integration Engine to provide communicationbetween its computer systems.

February 4, 2008

AMICAS inks PACS contracts with three U.S. facilities

AMICAS, a medical image and information management developer, hassecured Vision Series PACS contracts with three facilities in Arizona,Illinois and New York.

February 1, 2008

Sydney hospital selects Crescendo for radiology digital dictation

Sydney Adventist Hospital in Hornsby, Australia, has completed theroll-out of DigiScribe-XL Digital Dictation from Crescendo Systems inits radiology and pathology departments.

February 1, 2008

CodeRyte adds five clients in Q4 2007

CodeRyte has added several new clients, which will use its naturallanguage processing technology and web-enabled workflow software, andseveral existing clients will begin using its new clinical searchapplication, DataScout.

February 1, 2008

Capital Health chooses IMRISneuro for imaging

Capital Health has purchased its advanced neurosurgical imaging system,IMRISneuro, for the Stollery Children’s Hospital and University ofAlberta Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.

February 1, 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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