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.

Misys wins $1.2M contract for laboratory technology

Misys Healthcare Systems will be implementing its Misys Laboratory information management system at the University of South Alabama (USA) Health System.

May 5, 2005

Quantum awarded Amerinet contract

Quantum Medical Imaging has announced that it has been awarded a contract with Amerinet for the Q-Rad radiographic and Q-Rad-Digital radiographic products.

May 5, 2005

New York Hospital to deploy Eclipsys' clinical manager

Eclipsys Corp. this week announced that New York Hospital Queens will deploy the Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager which includes critical care advanced software.

May 5, 2005

Philips inks agreement with McLaren Health Care Corp.

McLaren Health Care Corp. of Michigan will be implementing a number of advanced medical imaging systems from Philips Medical Systems at several of its satellite facilities throughout the mid-Michigan area.

May 5, 2005

3 Tesla MRIs go to Vegas

Nevada Imaging Centers' (NIC) Spring Valley location has installed the first 3 Tesla MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) in Las Vegas.

May 5, 2005

Toshiba installs new 64-row CT detector technology at CIS

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. has installed its 64-slice Aquilion 64 CFX cardiac CT scanner at the Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) in Louisiana, one of the largest heart centers for nonsurgical and surgical treatment of both heart and v

May 5, 2005

Lutheran Hospital adopts TeraMedica information Manager

TeraMedica has inked an agreement through which Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., will purchase and install TeraMedica's Evercore clinical information manager with EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS).

May 5, 2005

Cardiology Associates to install GE's LightSpeed Volume CT

Cardiology Associates, a 25-physician cardiology group in Mobile, Ala., has announced the installation and operation of GE Healthcare's LightSpeed Volume CT (VCT) scanner.

May 5, 2005

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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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