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.

New York RHIO employs Axolotl for clinical exchange services

HealtheLink, a western New York clinical information exchange, hasselected Axolotl to deploy and maintain an infrastructure for theelectronic exchange of clinical information among healthcare providers,insurers and other medical professionals.

October 11, 2007

LA hospital taps Medsphere for EHR platform

Medsphere Systems, a provider of open source-based EHR systems andservices, has implemented its OpenVista EHR platform at Century CityDoctors Hospital in Los Angeles.

October 11, 2007

Baylor Health Care selects Nuance

The Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System has selected NuanceCommunications’ Dictaphone iChart hosted transcription services, aswell as the Dictaphone Enterprise Workstation, PowerScribe and EXSpeechfor dictation and speech recognition for clinical documentation.

October 10, 2007

Massachusetts hospital implements Isabel

Newton-Wellesley Hospital, a member of Partners HealthCare System, launched Isabel, a web-based service from Isabel Healthcare used to assist doctors in diagnosing patients.

October 10, 2007

MedHost nets Puerto Rican deployment

MedHost, a medical software provider, will implement its emergencydepartment information system at Doctors’ Center Hospital inManati, Puerto Rico.

October 9, 2007

Accuray installs seventh robotic knife for HCA

Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) of Nashville, Tenn., haspurchased its seventh CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system fromAccuray.

October 8, 2007

AMS receives 15 PACS orders

PACS provider American Medical Sales (AMS) of Hawthorne, Calif., hasreceived 15 new orders from its distributor network in the last half ofthe third quarter of 2007.

October 8, 2007

Zotec to provide billing services for Virginian imaging practice

Medical Center Radiologists of Norfolk, Va., has selected theIndianapolis-based Zotec Partners to provide its billing services andlicensed software.

October 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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