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.

GE expands alliance with Valley Baptist Health System

GE Healthcare and Valley Baptist Health System in Harlingen, Texas, have inked a three-year agreement to adapt GE's management and leadership systems

September 9, 2004

Siemens scores Soarian install

Siemens Medical Solutions will deploy its new generation healthcare information system Soarian at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, a 321-bed acute care facility in East Patchogue, N.Y.

September 9, 2004

Richardson sells Siemens' displays to Mayo

Richardson Electronics Ltd. has signed an agreement to provide Siemens Display Technologies' full line of color and monochrome displays to the Mayo Foundation.

September 2, 2004

A4 installs EDIS at Bon Secours Richmond

Bon Secours Richmond Health System has selected A4 Health Systems' HealthMatics ED Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to automate emergency care at its three hospitals and new hospital slated to open in 2005.

August 26, 2004

MedPACS announces PACS install for Vista

PACS and teleradiology provider MedPACS Displays Inc. will roll out its MedPACS Vista system at Medical Diagnostic Imaging (MDI), a physician-owned free standing imaging center in Greenfield, Wis.

August 26, 2004

Double digits installs for Stentor in 2Q

Stentor Inc. this week said it has secured 12 new customers in the second quarter of 2004, boosting its installed base to more than 260 hospitals and healthcare institutions across the United States that utilize Stentor's iSyntax technology.

August 26, 2004

Fuji France selects Barco's mammo LCD display

Fuji Mdical Systmes, the French division of FujiFilm Medical Systems, has placed its first order for Barco's new Coronis 5 mega-pixel (MP) Mammo, a dedicated flat panel display system for digital mammography.

August 26, 2004

ProVation scores orthopedic install

ProVation Medical Inc. will deploy its ProVation MD Orthopedics clinical procedure documentation and coding compliance software at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.

August 19, 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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