Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Trinity Medical Center selects Optio for software install

Trinity Medical Center has chosen Optio Healthcare for formsautomation, patient signature capture and electronic health recordsolutions, including Optio Deficiency Management.

Fonar sells three MRI chairs

Fonar has sold three more of its Upright Multi-Position MRI, which thecompany said bring the total number units sold in the U.S. and Europeto 164.

Louisiana hospital extends IT outsourcing contract with Phoenix Health Systems

East Jefferson General Hospital of Metairie, La., has renewed afive-year contract for IT outsourcing with Phoenix Health Systems.

Massachusetts hospital goes digital with Quantum

Quantum Medical Imaging of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., has completed theinstallation of their dual-panel Digital System Upgrade at TobeyHospital’s existing Quantum Medical Q-Rad radiographic room, which thehospital purchased about a year ago.

Brigham and Womens selects Care Management

Care Management International, a medical management and clinicalservices smart sourcing provider, will administer the enrollment phaseof a Member Outreach clinical trial at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Hologic wins Premier contract

Premier Purchasing Partners has awarded Hologic of Bedford, Mass., newcontracts for mammography and bone densitometry products, andpoint-of-sale service agreements.

eRAD nets multiple contracts in October

eRAD, a provider of radiology workflow solutions, reported that duringOctober, it won 10 new contracts with various imagingcompanies for the eRAD PACS products, to improve the patient treatmentcycle.

Healthways builds IBM healthcare site for members

IBM and business partner Mainsoft Corporation reported that Healthwaysof Nashville, Tenn., will deploy IBM’s WebSphere Portal as part of amove to streamline patient records and deliver health solutions acrossincompatible software platforms.

Around the web

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.

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.

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. 

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