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.

Johns Hopkins' center for pediatric cardiology to install Siemens PACS

Siemens Medical Solutions and Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) in Baltimore, Md., have signed an agreement to install Siemens' KinetDx picture archiving and communications system (PACS) in its pediatric cardiology echocardiography department in The Johns Hopk

July 1, 2004

Siemens announces multiple installations of Soarian

Siemens Medical Solutions has deployed new clinical modules of Soarian, the company's next-generation healthcare information system, at three healthcare facilities: the Chester County Hospital of West Chester, Pa., the Carilion Health System of Roanoke, V

June 24, 2004

NovaRad announces two NovaPACS installs

Coulee Community Hospital in Grand Coulee, Wash. and Imaging Center P.C. in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands have deployed NovaRad Inc.'s NovaPACS.

June 17, 2004

Kodak wins multiple CR, DR installations

Eastman Kodak Co.'s Health Imaging Division has rolled out its digital radiography (DR) and computed radiography (CR) systems at three hospitals in the Central United States.

June 17, 2004

Scan-Optics receives manufacturing contract from iCAD

Scan-Optics Inc.'s Manufacturing Services Division has received a contract from iCAD Inc. to manufacture the iCAD Second Look 400 Series computer aided detection (CAD) Breast Cancer Product Line, which recently received Food and Drug Administration approv

June 17, 2004

VHA renews contract with Providence Health System

Healthcare cooperative VHA Inc. renewed a commitment contract with the Seattle-based Providence Health System.

June 10, 2004

Amicas signs Madison Radiologists

Amicas Inc. will deploy its Vision series web-based picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) at Madison Radiologists, an independent radiology group in South Central Wisconsin.

June 10, 2004

FSS awards five-year pact to R2 Technology

R2 Technology Inc. has been awarded a five-year Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract for R2's ImageChecker DM CAD (computer aided detection) system.

June 3, 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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