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.

GE's Centricity PACS bought by Indiana medical center

GE Healthcare announced recently that the not-for-profit Schenck Medical Center, in Seymour, Ind., has purchased the company's Centricity PACS SE system.

January 19, 2006

Vanguard Health Systems picks McKesson Horizon Clinicals suite

To bolster its eHealth initiatives, Vanguard Health Systems has announced that it will install McKesson's Horizon Clinicals suite of IT systems as part of a multi-year agreement.

January 19, 2006

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January 18, 2006

Nydic inks deal with Blue Cross of Kansas City

Nydic Open MRI of America, a provider of open magnetic resonance imaging services, has inked a deal making its local facilities fully contracted providers for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City.

January 12, 2006

Alaska Open Imaging Center selects two Optio systems

Optio Software Inc. has announced that Alaska Open Imaging Center (AOIC), an independently owned network of diagnostic imaging centers serving Alaska physicians and residents, has selected the Optio QuickRecord and MedEx Suites.

January 12, 2006

Varian On-Board Imager goes to Milan

A leading Milan cancer center has become the first clinic in Italy to offer image-guided radiotherapy treatments (IGRT) to patients with the installation of the robotic On-Board Imager device from Varian Medical Systems.

January 12, 2006

VA calls on Initiate Systems to clean up health records, duplicates

The Department of Veterans Affairs has inked a deal with Initiate Systems worth $2.3 million to clean up health records by matching records to the correct person and eliminate duplicate records, Government Computer News reports.

January 12, 2006

East Texas physician network picks Allscripts EHR

Allscripts has announced that Access Medica has chosen the TouchWorks Electronic Health Record (EHR) to connect physicians in communities across East Texas.

January 12, 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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