Jonathan S. Batchelor

Nuclear Medicine
Physician groups navigate a rocky road to PET reimbursement
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will update its policies for PET reimbursement next week. Ruth Tesar, executive director of Northern California PET Imaging in Sacramento, traces PET imaging's complicated reimbursement history.
February 25, 2003
PACS/VNA
HIPAA security: best practices drive implementation roadmap
Tom Walsh, a consultant on e-security practice with CTG Healthcare Solutions of Overland Park, KS, offers his insights on HIPAA best-practice security implementation, including risk assessment and analysis.
February 19, 2003
PACS/VNA
Misys debuts RIS/PACS initiatives
SAN DIEGO - Misys Healthcare Systems of Tucson, AZ, unveiled its two-pronged solution to RIS/PACS integration at this week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.
February 11, 2003
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PACS/VNA
Looming HIPAA rule highlights healthcare business associates
SAN DIEGO - There's more to a business associates agreement than a handshake, according to HIPAA. Attorney Diane McKenzie of the Internet law firm Gordon and Glickson discussed the finer points of business associate agreements at the 2002 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.
February 10, 2003
Digital X-Ray
DR permits lower chest dose than film or CR
Working with a combined cesium iodide fine-needle scintillator and an amorphous silicon flat-panel DR system, Belgian researchers have succeeded in reducing entrance skin dose while maintaining image quality.
January 29, 2003
Practice Management
Radiology recruiting demands planning and preparation
Dan Groth, CEO of Cleveland-based Locum Medical Group, outlines a template of tactics that successful practices have used to lure top professionals into their team.
January 22, 2003
Interventional
Cheaper UAE edges out hysterectomy for uterine fibroid treatment
In contrast with hysterectomy or myomectomy, uterine artery embolization does not require open surgery or general anesthesia, so the risk to the patient is considerably less. A paper presented at the 2002 RSNA meeting in Chicago highlighted another advantage of UAE: It’s a more cost-effective treatment for uterine fibroids than hysterectomy.
January 16, 2003
Practice Management
Strategic planning builds practice power
Athough many radiology practices qualify as multimillion-dollar businesses, most of them are run less as a single entity than as a collection of conflicting interests. Dr. Lawrence Muroff offers tips on bucking the trend to build a successful strategic plan.
January 9, 2003
MRI
MRI shows potential for staging pediatric non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto are using whole-body MRI to stage pediatric NHL. Their findings thus far have been encouraging, and they believe MRI may one day replace standard radiographic procedures.
January 1, 2003
Digital X-Ray
CCD and flat-panel DR highlight CMT offerings
Digital radiography developer CMT Medical Technologies of Haifa, Israel, brought both charge-coupled device (CCD) and flat-panel DR technology to showcase at the 2002 RSNA in Chicago.
December 29, 2002
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