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.

Western healthcare system selects Allscripts

The Poudre Valley Health System has selected Allscripts as anEHR and practice management provider to automate and connect clinicaland administrative processes for its medical staff of independentphysicians.

November 13, 2007

NovaRad nets multiple installs

NovaRad has secured five new contracts for its NovaPACS product.

November 12, 2007

Philadelphia hospital upgrades services with Allscripts

Frankford Hospitals has selected Allscripts’ Canopy care management solution to manage and coordinate care for their patients.

November 12, 2007

Cancer society selects Riverbed Technology for IT consolidation

Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, has deployed RiverbedTechnology's Steelhead WDS appliances to consolidate its IT resourcesfor data protection.

November 12, 2007

HealthTrust renews contrast media contract with Bayer HealthCare

HealthTrust Purchasing Group has renewed its three-year contract with Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals to make the MR contrast agent, Magnevist Injection, available to members of the HealthTrust network.

November 9, 2007

EMC helps University of Miami transition to EHR

University of Miami Clinical Enterprise Technologies is usingthe EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender software suite to transition theUniversity of Miami Medical Group to an EHR system.

November 9, 2007

Amsterdam hospital chooses Philips remote system for cardiac monitoring

St. Lucas Andreas Hospital of Amsterdam, Netherlands, has selectedPhilips Medical Systems’ Motiva system to monitor more than 100 chronicheart failure patients at home.

November 8, 2007

Connecticut hospital selects Quantum Medical Imaging

Quantum Medical Imaging reported that it has completed its secondequipment installation of a Q-Rad-Digital Floor Mounted System, whichincluded Canon’s 40EG/50G digital panels, at New Britain GeneralHospital.

November 8, 2007

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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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