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.

InMed Diagnostic Services goes WarpSpeed

Multi-state diagnostic imaging center provider InMed Diagnostic Services has selected WarpSpeed PACS (picture archive and communication system)/RIS (radiology information system) from Image Technology Laboratories Inc (IMTL) for three of its sites, includ

April 21, 2005

Imaging center selects CoActiv's storage system

Medical Imaging Center P.C. in Bloomington, Conn., has selected CoActiv Medical Business Solutions digital archive and storage solution, EXAM-Vault, a part of CoActiv's picture archiving and communications system EXAM-PACS.

April 21, 2005

Staten Island University Hospital picks MedQuist's SpeechQ

Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) has announced the purchase and installation of MedQuist's SpeechQ for Radiology speech recognition software.

April 21, 2005

Kodak, SSI ink co-marketing deal

Eastman Kodak Co. and The SSI Group Inc. (SSI) have announced a new co-marketing agreement that will have each company marketing the other's medical imaging, information and software products within the U.S.

April 21, 2005

MinXray wins U.S. Army order

The U.S. Army has selected the MinXray MXRSLW portable x-ray system package as their new standard for field deployable and battlefield portable diagnostic radiography.

April 21, 2005

Philips deploys 100th Achieva 3.0T MRI scanner

The University of Michigan's Department of Radiology has installed Philips Medical Systems' Achieva 3.0T compact whole-body magnetic resonance system for advanced clinical applications and research projects including neurological applications such as func

April 21, 2005

SourceOne Health and Shimadzu Medical ink agreement

SourceOne Health Technologies Inc. and Shimadzu Medical Systems have announced a contact that grants SourceOne national US rights to market and distribute a mobile x-ray system that has been manufactured specifically by Shimadza for SourceOne, according t

April 14, 2005

Sectra takes part in U.K.-based breast screening program

Sectra has announced that its Mammography Stand is now being evaluated at the Coventry and Warwick Hospital in Coventry, U.K. by the Breast Screening Service, one of the U.K.'s national training centers for breast imaging.

April 14, 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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