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.

Foresight Imaging services Panama

Foresight Imaging has recently installed 35 of its TIMS DICOM Systemsfor non-DICOM to DICOM conversion and PACS connectivity in Panama.

November 8, 2007

Eclipsys nets Mississippi install

North Mississippi Health Services of Tupelo, Miss., will deploy Eclipsys Sunrise Patient Financials for the healthcare systems patient billing.

November 8, 2007

SmartPill scores VA Boston Healthcare System install

VA Boston Healthcare System has installed the SmartPill GI MonitoringSystem, a wireless, ingestible medical device — about the size of alarge vitamin pill — that travels through the gastrointestinal tract(GI), collecting and transmitting data physicians.

November 6, 2007

Siemens installs mobile mammography system in U.S.

Siemens Medical Solutions has completed its first U.S. installation ofMammomat Novation DR, a mobile full-field digital mammography system,at Nevada Cancer Institute's new Hope Coach, a mobile digitalmammography van serving the Las Vegas area.

November 5, 2007

IDC wins Chilean government contract

Imaging Dynamics Company (IDC) has been awarded a contract by Chile'sMinistry of Health to install 33 digital x-ray units throughout thecountry.

November 2, 2007

Sectra nets Danish order

Sjælland County in Denmark has expanded its mammography operations withthe installation of Sectra’s Sectra MicroDose Mammography.

November 2, 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 2, 2007

Cogon deploys HIE in South Florida

Cogon Systems has deployed the South Florida Health InformationInitiative (SFHII), a health information exchange (HIE) for SouthFlorida.

November 2, 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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