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.

Belgian hospital extends contract with Carestream

Saint Luc Bouge Hospital, a private teaching hospital in Bouge,Belgium, has extended its PACS and CR systems contract with CarestreamHealth.

October 4, 2007

United Arab Emirates health services choose InfoLogix

The General Authority for Health Services in the United Arab Emirates,in partnership with Itqan, a business systems integrator, has chosenInfoLogix to provide a mobile healthcare technology computing platformin Abu Dhabi.

October 4, 2007

Novation awards cardiovascular product contracts

Novation, a healthcare contracting services provider of the healthcarealliances VHA and the University HealthSystem Consortium, has awarded33 multi-source agreements for cardiovascular products to itscardiovascular portfolio.

October 4, 2007

Benefitfocus automates CareFirst enrollment process

CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield has selected Benefitfocus Technology’seEnrollment software to streamline the mid-market and small groupenrollment process for more than 3.1 million CareFirst members.

October 3, 2007

Novation awards 33 cardiovascular contracts

October 3, 2007

dbMotion extends French regional interoperability platform

Medical information integration application developer dbMotion has beenselected to provide an interoperability platform to extend the existingParis-based Franche-Comté regional health information exchange, whichis based on the region’s shared medical record system.

October 3, 2007

CPU adds six new contracts

CPU Medical Management Systems, a medical billing and practicemanagement software system provider, has added six new customers to itsMED/FM client base.

October 3, 2007

IDC equips British Columbia health network

Vancouver Island Health Authority will replace its current CRsystems with Imaging Dynamics Company’s (IDC) line of X-Series directdigital x-ray technology.

October 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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