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.

Eclipsys nets Sunrise install

Eclipsys Corp. will install its Sunrise Clinical Manager XA with medication management and nursing care software tools at the 330-bed Catholic Medical Center of Manchester, N.H.

October 14, 2004

GE signs $7.5 million contract with Virginia IDN

GE Healthcare has inked a 5-year, $7.5 million agreement with Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System to provide diagnostic and cardiac IT technologies to Inova Heart and Vascular Institute facility.

October 14, 2004

Kodak wins DOD DIN-PACS II contract, chalks up DirectView install

Eastman Kodak Co.'s Health Imaging Group has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for the DIN-PACS II contract.

October 14, 2004

Second European install for Varian's On Board Imager

Varian Medical Systems has installed its On Board Imager system for image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) at the Hirslanden Klinik in Aarau, Switzerland.

October 14, 2004

Misys deploys EMR at 26 medical practices

Misys Healthcare Systems has landed 26 installs for its electronic medical record (EMR) system at various U.S. medical practices.

October 14, 2004

Agfa wins RIS project in Australia

Agfa Healthcare has inked a $7.15 million agreement with Queensland Health (QH) for the supply and implementation of a statewide Radiology Information System (RIS) spanning over 30 Queensland Health hospitals.

October 14, 2004

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center acquires 5 Siemens' SPECT/CT systems

Siemens Medical Solutions will install five Symbia TruePoint SPECT/CT systems at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center's newest facility, the Ambulatory Care Building, in early 2005.

October 7, 2004

GE installs 1,000th Innova

The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston has installed GE Healthcare's Innova digital flat-panel x-ray cardiovascular system, making it the 1,000th system shipped to date.

October 7, 2004

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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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