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.

Siemens deploys full medication management system

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, an 864-bed multi-specialty hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., will be integrating Siemens Medical Solutions' Med Administration Check (MAC) application with its Invision computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system to automa

February 3, 2005

A4 nets install

ValleyCare Health System has awarded A4 Health Systems a contract to provide its HealthMatics ED Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) at its emergency department at ValleyCare Medical Center of Pleasanton, Calif. and its Urgent Care facility of

February 3, 2005

Children's medical center selects MyPACS Enterprise

Children's Health System of Birmingham, Ala. will implement Vivalog Technologies' MyPACS Enterprise to create and manage a web-based digital teaching file library.

February 3, 2005

Agfa augments filmless operations at Belgium site

The Department of Medical Imaging of the general hospital AZ Sint-Maarten, with two radiology sites in Duffel and Mechelen, Belgium, are implementing Agfa Healthcare's IMPAX PACS to integrate medical imaging services at both its sites.

February 3, 2005

Misys collaborates with UnitedHealth Group

Misys Healthcare Systems is joining forces with UnitedHealth Group to provide healthcare professionals a direct link for claims processing, automated payment posting and eligibility checking.

January 27, 2005

eRAD distributor lands PACS deal

eRAD's PACS distributor Merry X-ray Corp. of Tulsa, Okla., has closed a deal with Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Alliance (RMNA) of Englewood, Colo.

January 27, 2005

Healthlink: $18M contract from Unisys for DoD's CHCS II initiative

Healthcare information systems consulting firm Healthlink Inc. has been awarded an $18 million, four-year Unisys subcontract to provide worldwide training services for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Composite Health Care System II (CHCS II) initiati

January 27, 2005

Dunlee, Adventist ink agreement

Medical imaging components manufacturer Dunlee has inked a 3-year agreement with Adventist Health of Roseville, Calif. for x-ray and CT replacement tubes.

January 27, 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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