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.

Fuji signs 3-year Novation film deal

FujiFilm Medical Systems USA Inc. this week announced that it has inked a 3-year dual-source deal with Novation LLC, the healthcare contracting services company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC).

May 11, 2006

The latest contact and installation news

April 20, 2006

The latest contract and installation news...

April 13, 2006

Contracts & Installations Roundup

April 6, 2006

Making Work Flow

When you increase volume, you have to change the way you work. I know all about that as a Mom of five boys ranging from 17 months to 12 years. Multislice CT, 64-slice in particular, is imaging’s hungry quintuplets.

April 1, 2006

Anatomy of the Digital Reading Room

Radiologists’ cries are getting louder—and being heard—as hospitals are beginning to attend to reading room design. This month Health Imaging & IT takes you inside some of the country’s best (and one of the worst) reading rooms.

April 1, 2006

2006 PACS Administrator Salary Survey

There’s lots of good news for PACS administrators these days. Their position is solid, essential to the radiology department — and now even enterprise-wide image access — and salaries are growing.

April 1, 2006

Contracts & Installations Roundup

March 30, 2006

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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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