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.

Omega awarded 3-year Amerinet contract

Omega Medical Imaging, a manufacturer of medical imaging systems designed specifically for electrophysiology and GI imaging, has been awarded a 3-year contract with Amerinet, a healthcare group purchasing organization.

January 26, 2006

Mass General Physicians Organization to go wireless with PatientKeeper

PatientKeeper has announced that the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO), the largest multi-specialty group practice in New England, plans to install PatientKeeper's Charge Capture and Clinical Results for use by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians.

January 26, 2006

Ultrasonix ships 300th ultrasound system

Ultrasonix Medical Corporation announced it shipped its 300th Sonix system in December 2005.

January 26, 2006

London Cancer Hospital selects Varian for radiotherapy equipment

A UK-based radiotherapy center has installed two of Varian Medical System's On-Board Imager devices for 3D Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) at the new University College Hospital in London, as well as another facility in southeast England.

January 26, 2006

Adventist Health System installs more PacsSCAN systems

PACSGEAR has announced that Adventist Health System has added the company's PacsSCAN document scanning package to an additional nine hospitals and imaging centers in Illinois and Tennessee.

January 26, 2006

Passlogix hits 500,000 user licenses milestone for single sign-on product

Passlogix, a provider of enterprise single sign-on systems, has sold 500,000+ licenses of its v GO Sign-On Platform products into the healthcare industry.

January 26, 2006

Fleming County Hospital picks Optio for EHR, forms management

Fleming County Hospital, a 52-bed facility in Flemingsburg, Ky., plans to install Optio Software's QuickRecord and MedEx Suites to provide electronic health record and forms management software solutions, Optio said.

January 19, 2006

Boston-based rehabilitation center gets revenue boost with PatientKeeper system

PatientKeeper recently announced that Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, a major Boston-area research and academic hospital and part of Hebrew SeniorLife, has increased its revenue by using PatientKeeper Charge Capture.

January 19, 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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