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.

Top 10 is Just the Beginning

Welcome to the inaugural editorial issue of Health Imaging & IT magazine.

October 1, 2003

Career Counseling

Plotting the Course to Become a PACS Administrator

October 1, 2003

Windber Research Institute chooses Teradata storage technology

Biomedical research facility Windber Research Institute (WRI) has tapped Teradata to create a central data warehouse for the storage of molecular and clinical information, which will be used to help find the cause of breast and other forms of cancer.

September 25, 2003

Emageon scores Aurora contract

Aurora Health Care has chosen Emageon's software to manage the acquisition, archiving, distribution and viewing of patient images across the Milwaukee healthcare system.

September 18, 2003

Raypax completes PACS installation

Raypax Inc. North America (Altadena, Calif.) recently finished work at MRI Imaging Center, of Fresno, Calif., on a PACS (picture archiving and communications system) installation.

September 18, 2003

Multi-million dollar CR contract for Kodak

Eastman Kodak Co. has received a contract from Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio, Texas, for the company's digital CR systems.

September 4, 2003

Five-year contract award to Siemens Medical Solutions USA

Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. and the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics (UUHC) have unveiled a five-year agreement for cooperative research and development activities, as well as plans for educational programs and a contract to purchase Siemens

September 4, 2003

Rowan Regional Medical Center to install GEMSIT PACS and CR

GE Medical Systems Information Technologies (GEMSIT) signed an agreement with Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, N.C., to install GEMSIT'S Centricity PACS and CR system.

September 4, 2003

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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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