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NinePoint receives $34M in financing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

NinePoint Medical has received $34 million in financing, which it will use to bring its NvisionVLE imaging system to market.

March 19, 2014

ACR, 40 orgs call for Medicare coverage of CT lung screening

By Kate Madden Yee

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and 40 other medical organizations and healthcare providers are calling for full Medicare coverage for low-dose CT lung cancer screening.

March 12, 2014

Russia eyes teleradiology to bridge gaps in healthcare

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Slowly but surely, teleradiology is clearing challenging hurdles to adoption in Russia, paving the way for improved healthcare in sparsely populated areas of the country, attendees learned during Friday's "ESR meets Russia" session at ECR 2014.

March 6, 2014

Video from ECR 2014: Interview with ECR President Dr. Valentin Sinitsyn

VIENNA - ECR 2014 President Dr. Valentin Sinitsyn, PhD, from Moscow, discusses the new changes at this year's congress, how the political situation in Ukraine is affecting the congress, and how the ECR helps to strengthen friendship and understanding between radiologists from many nations.

March 6, 2014

Video from ECR 2014: Dr. Georg Bongartz on the growing issue of turf battles

VIENNA - Dr. Georg Bongartz, head of general radiology at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland, discusses how radiologists should respond to the growing issue of turf battles with other medical specialties at ECR 2014.

March 5, 2014

Ukrainian, Russian radiologists still friendly despite crisis

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - The political situation in Ukraine has had no bearing on ECR 2014, according to both the ECR president and the president of the European Society of Radiology. This is particularly potent as this year's ECR focuses on Russia and has a Russian president.

March 5, 2014

CMS releases instructions for FDG-PET tumor coverage

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released instructions regarding the processing of claims for certain FDG-PET studies for solid tumors.

March 5, 2014

MICI Q1: Reimbursement concerns still dominate

By Brian Casey

Concerns over reimbursement continue to weigh heavily on the minds of radiology administrators, according to the latest numbers from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI). Administrators surveyed for the index's first quarter expressed lower optimism that they would be adequately reimbursed by Medicare.

March 3, 2014

Radiology's top tweeters: Dr. Garry Choy

By Brian Casey

With more than 5,700 Twitter followers, Dr. Garry Choy has the second-highest following among radiologists on Twitter. As part of our ongoing series on radiologists who tweet, AuntMinnie.com spoke with Choy, who believes social media tools like Twitter are powerful for healthcare professionals.

February 24, 2014

Report: Medical cybersecurity risks include radiology software

By Erik L. Ridley

Many healthcare information assets have been compromised, and no organization is immune, according to a report issued by Internet security firm SANS Institute and sponsored by security firm Norse. Radiology software was among the most prominent healthcare sources of malicious Internet traffic.

February 23, 2014

How many radiology trainees are enough?

By Kate Madden Yee

As healthcare reform continues to roll out, radiologists find they are being challenged on all fronts. Not only have radiology procedure volumes slowed, the job market remains tight, making it difficult to determine how many radiologists should be trained going forward.

February 20, 2014

Radiology's top tweeters: Dr. Rich Duszak

By Brian Casey

If radiology had a dean of Twitter, it would be Dr. Rich Duszak. Known by his nom de tweet @RichDuszak, he has a Twitter following approaching 10,000 -- by far the largest among radiologists. As part of a new series on radiologists and social media, AuntMinnie.com spoke with Duszak about what motivated him to take to Twitter.

February 11, 2014

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