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.

Amerinet awards remanufactured equipment contract to MECS

A new, three-year contract grants Amerinet Inc. members access to MECS Inc.'s range of remanufactured diagnostic imaging systems.

September 16, 2004

Misys scores EMR install

Misys Healthcare Systems will deploy its Misys EMR at Mercy Medical Group, a 150-physician group practice of St. John's Mercy Health Care in St. Louis, Mo.

September 16, 2004

Medrad awarded Novation contract for Continuum

Novation, the supply company for healthcare cooperative VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), has awarded Medrad Inc. a three-year contract for its Continuum MR Compatible Infusion System.

September 16, 2004

Elekta wins first install for new Gamma Knife software

The Sutter Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Center will be the first to upgrade its Elekta Inc. Leksell Gamma Knife with the company's new Leksell Gamma Knife 1.2 software.

September 16, 2004

Perot awarded $390 million contract from Stanford hospitals

Perot Systems Corp. has inked a seven year, $390 million contract with Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) to manage system-wide information technology functions, including applications, project management, in

September 16, 2004

NovaRad scores latest Ortho install in Texas

Harris Methodist HEB Hospital of Bedford, Texas, has completed installation of TraumaCad orthopedic template and planning tool software on 11 workstations with an interface to its existing PACS.

September 9, 2004

DeJarnette lands 5th PACS data migration partner

DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. has signed two new PACS data migration contracts.

September 9, 2004

Varian wins cancer care contract in U.K.

Over the next 18 months, Varian Medical Systems Inc. will deploy nine new linear accelerators, including a unit with its new On-Board Imaging system for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), as part of the latest wave of radiotherapy equipment projects announ

September 9, 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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