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.

Cardialysis B.V. deploys Heartlab's CardioNow

Heartlab will implement its CardioNow telecardiology and image management system for cardiovascular drug and device studies at Cardialysis B.V., a cardiology contract research organization in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

May 12, 2005

Anti-spyware targets patient privacy

Computer Associates International Inc. this week announced that Seattle's Northwest Hospital & Medical Center has selected its eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware for protection against spyware and related threats.

May 12, 2005

Eclipsys clinical manager activated at the University of Texas

Eclipsys Corporation has announced that the University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC) Houston has recently activated the Sunrise Clinical Manager 3.5 XA which will be used by more than 200 clinicians at the comprehensive psychiatric cent

May 12, 2005

UT Southwestern picks Hyland Software for EMR

Hyland Software Inc. has been selected by UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, a national academic medical center and research institute, to provide enterprise content management (ECM) through its OnBase software suite.

May 12, 2005

WestCare selects McKesson

McKesson will be implementing Paragon, its hospital information system designed for community hospitals, at WestCare Health System in Sylva, N.C.

May 12, 2005

Toshiba deploys open MRI and 64-slice scanner

Boynton Beach Open Imaging Center in Florida has installed Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.'s (TAMS) Ultra open-MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system.

May 12, 2005

Johns Hopkins and Lenox Hill install Philips SPECT/CT

Royal Philips Electronics this week announced that its Precedence SPECT/CT system has been activated at two hospitals including Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, N.Y.

May 12, 2005

First sale of IMCO's VisionPACS

Medsouth Healthcare, P.C. in Dyersburg, Tenn., has made the first purchase of the VisionPACS package from IMCO Technologies.

May 12, 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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