Practice Management

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

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center selects Amicas PACS

Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center has awarded an installation contract to Web-based PACS firm Amicas Inc.

Philips and Kansas Spine Hospital unveil strategic alliance

Philips Medical Systems will supply the Kansas Spine Hospital with a range of its medical imaging technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of orthopedic and neurological conditions.

Pioneers Memorial Hospital selects NovaRad, Konica Minolta products

Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley, Calif., has installed NovaRad's NovaPACS in the radiology and imaging department of its 99-bed hospital.

ITL signs RIS-PACS contract with St. Anthony Community Hospital

Image Technology Laboratories Inc. (ITL) has finalized the details of a five-year contract with St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, N.Y., to install the company's WarpSpeed RIS-PACS.

Vital Works is awarded two contracts

VitalWorks Inc. has inked contracts with two healthcare entities -- Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA) and Wake Radiology Services LLC.

The Paradox of PACS: Panacea or Pandora's Box?

PACS can be a many splendored thing. It has the potential to increase the productivity of your radiologists and technologists, as well as referring physicians. It can help reduce your inefficiencies such as lost films and retakes.

Kryptiq EMR technology selected by Capital Region Healthcare

Capital Region Health Care (CRHC) has deployed Kryptiq Corp.'s clinical messaging applications for the electronic transfer of information between CRHC's seven electronic medical record (EMR) servers and to outside entities.

Computer Programs and Systems completes three PACS installations

Computer Programs and Systems Inc. (CPSI) has completed the installation of its ImageLink picture archiving and communications system (PACS) at three of its client hospitals.

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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