Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Image Systems installs at Fairview Health Services

Image Systems Corp. has shipped and installed its high-resolution 2MP and 3MP grayscale LCD (liquid crystal display) systems to Fairview Health Services for diagnostic and clinical viewing applications.

Premier awards three-year PACS deal to Fuji

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. has received a three-year contract for its Synapse PACS from Premier Purchasing Partners L.P., the group purchasing division of Premier Inc.

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.

Radiation Safety & Testing in CT

Monitoring radiation dosages is a top priority for CT scans for children who run the risk of radiation exposure as their bodies develop.

Konica selects Metrix's Mobile Techlink

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging has selected Metrix Inc.'s Mobile Techlink to provide direct connectivity between hand-held communication devices and enterprise applications.

RealTimeImage announces 400th installation of iPACS

RealTimeImage (RTI) rolled out its iPACS technology at Lyon's regional cancer center in the Rhone region of France - Centre Regional de Lutte Contre le Cancer Leon-Berard.

Amicas inks 12 new PACS contracts in the first quarter

Web-based PACS firm Amicas Inc. in the first quarter has signed 12 new contracts for implementation of its enterprise PACS.

Premier selects Agfa as a PACS supplier

Premier Inc. has awarded a three-year, multi-source contract to Agfa Healthcare for its entire line of Impax PACS hardware, software, professional services and service maintenance.

Around the web

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.

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.

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. 

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