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.

NovaRad signs 13 contracts in one month

NovaRad Corp. reached a new milestone in August, securing 13 contracts in a single month for its NovaPACS product.

September 15, 2005

Feds select Teradata for integrated data repository platform

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the implementation of an integrated data repository with the Teradata division of NCR Government Systems LLC, owned by NCR Corp.

September 15, 2005

VHA and UCH supplier Novation is on a roll

Novation, the supply company of VHA Inc. and the University Health System Consortium (UHC), has been on a tear lately striking up deals with such companies as Fuji and Kodak.

September 15, 2005

Hudson Valley Hospital Center invests in advanced breast cancer detection

Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., recently purchased a Second Look 300 mammography CAD system from iCAD Inc.

September 8, 2005

Kodak touts sales of image and information management systems for oncology

Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group says it is doing well in the oncology arena, having received a number of orders for image and information management systems.

September 8, 2005

Health First chooses Bluesocket for expansive wireless network

September 8, 2005

Good Samaritan Hospital picks Kodak for information management, CR

Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup, Wash., has installed a suite of digital medical imaging and information management systems from Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group, includes a DIRECTVIEW PACS System 5, enterprise information management platform and DI

September 8, 2005

Sectra delivers PACS to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Sectra and its partner Southeast Imaging, headquartered out of Little Rock, Ark., will provide Sectra PACS to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

September 8, 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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