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.

Top 10 Connected Healthcare Facilities

Taking the lead in healthcare IT is all about executing on a vision to create seamless connectivity of all imaging and patient information systems to enable comprehensive, well-organized patient data to flow to the caregiver, whenever it is needed. That's

September 1, 2005

Facility acquires new GE, all-digital technology to detect, diagnose and treat heart disease

Memorial Regional Medical Center, a member of Bon Secours Richmond Health System, is the first U.S. hospital to install GE Healthcare's versatile new cardiovascular and interventional imaging system that gives doctors enhanced capabilities in the diagnosi

September 1, 2005

A group of Italian hospitals pick Sectra PACS

MultiMedica Holding S.p.A., which operates several hospitals in the Milan area in northern Italy, plans to install a Sectra PACS for handling and archiving radiology images.

September 1, 2005

Imaging Centers in Illinois install eRAD PACS

High Tech Medical Imaging of Barrington, Ill., has installed eRAD PACS at its four locations.

September 1, 2005

Physician Micro Systems EHR to connect multiple sites in South Carolina

Physician Micro Systems Inc. (PMSI), a developer of electronic health records (EHR), practice management, and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) software, has announced that Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services Inc. (BJHCHS) will b

August 25, 2005

DeJarnette sees strong acceptance of dyseCT

DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. has seen a number of third quarter sales for its dyseCT CT workflow engines.

August 25, 2005

IMCO touts recent orders, installs, upgrades

IMCO Technologies has had a number of recent new orders, installations and upgrades of its systems.

August 25, 2005

NYU Medical Center picks Fuji for film and imaging

FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA this week announced that the NYU Medical Center has finalized a deal the company for an exclusive five-year film and imager contract which is valued at over $2 million.

August 18, 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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