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.

CCSI, Spacelab jointly distributes perinatal data system

Perinatal information systems provider Clinical Computer Systems Inc. (CCSI) and Spacelabs Medical Inc., a provider of patient monitoring systems, have inked an agreement to jointly distribute CCSI's OBiX Perinatal data system throughout the United States

October 7, 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

Siemens deploys Soarian HIM at Southern California provider

Siemens Medical Solutions has installed Soarian HIM (health information management) at Universal Health Services' (UHS) Southwest Healthcare, a two-hospital group in Southern California.

October 7, 2004

Misys wins $1 million contract for EMR system

Misys Healthcare Systems has landed a $1 million contract with Nevada-based Fremont Medical Centers to deploy its Misys EMR (electronic medical record) across nine locations for utilization by more than 48 physicians.

October 7, 2004

PACS & Profits

Computed radiography systems, often in combination with PACS, are bringing cost reductions in film, FTEs, file room space and repeat studies, and driving efficiency and exam turnaround time in imaging centers.

October 1, 2004

Fonar scores stand up MRI install

Fonar Corp. has installed its Stand-Up MRI at Hampton Roads Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Newport News, Va.

September 30, 2004

HeartLab wins Encompass installs

San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center's (CPMC) Kanbar Cardiac Center and the Methodist Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute of Methodist Medical Center of Illinois have selected HeartLab's Encompass Cardiac Network to archive and manage digital

September 30, 2004

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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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