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.

Reinventing the ICU

Technology can bring tremendous advances in ICU operations, allowing hospitals to leverage scarce human resources while providing better patient care and reduced costs.

November 1, 2005

Spectrum Health orders 18 Kodak CR, DR systems

Spectrum Health ordered 18 digital image capture systems from Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group, including six DR systems and 12 CR systems.

October 27, 2005

Atlantic Health Systems purchases additional CT workflow engines

DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. has purchased additional dyseCT CT workflow engines by Atlantic Health Systems of Morristown, N.J.

October 27, 2005

HCG announces opening of first Siemens Espree MRI modular facility

HCG Building Technologies announced the opening of the first modular building to house the Siemens Medical Solutions MAGNETOM Espree 1.5T open bore MRI system at Canton-Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam, N.Y.

October 27, 2005

Eclipsys deploys enterprise-wide wireless infrastructure

Eclipsys wireless solutions will be deployed across the North Broward Hospital District, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., including its four medical centers. Installation should be completed by the end of the year.

October 27, 2005

Medical Association gets better medicine, efficiency through Misys EMR

Deer Lake Medical Association (DLMA), a physician practice with five locations in Pennsylvania, installed an EMR from Misys Healthcare Systems in 2003.

October 20, 2005

TeraMedica Evercore installed at Texas cancer center

TeraMedica Healthcare Technology recently announced that the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston plans to install the company's Evercore Oncology Information Manager integrated with IMPAC Medical Systems, Multi-ACCESS electronic me

October 20, 2005

Jeff Davis Hospital installs NovaPACS

Fifty-bed Jeff Davis Hospital in rural Hazlehurst, Ga., completed its installation of NovaPACS and NovaRIS interface by NovaRad Corporation.

October 13, 2005

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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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