Practice Management: Page 188

Massive VHA audit explores reasons for imaging delays

By Brian Casey

A massive review of outpatient radiology and nuclear medicine services in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) found that 17% of routine requests and 25% of urgent orders for outpatient imaging were not performed in a timely fashion.

December 9, 2019

ASRT, Canon announce Safety First winners

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Foundation and Canon Medical Systems have awarded their 2019 Safety First grants to St. Joseph Warren Hospital of Youngstown, OH, and Gunnison Valley Health of Gunnison, CO.

December 9, 2019

ACR gets grant to measure incidental follow-up rates

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has received a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop a clinical quality measure for improving the completion rate of evidence-based follow-up recommendations made for incidental radiology findings.

December 9, 2019

PET and prejudice: Insurance firms' misconceptions

By Wayne Forrest

Healthcare insurance companies should value PET imaging and its cost-effective contributions to patient outcomes rather than view the modality as too expensive and unworthy of reimbursement, according to an editorial in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

December 9, 2019

UHCMC names new radiology department chair

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UHCMC) has named Dr. Donna Plecha, a nationally recognized expert in breast imaging, as the chair of its radiology department.

December 8, 2019

U.S. healthcare spending rose slightly in 2018

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Total healthcare spending in the U.S. increased 4.6% to reach $3.649 trillion in 2018, which is a slightly higher growth rate than in 2017 and comparable to the rate in 2016, according to an article published on December 5 in Health Affairs.

December 8, 2019

RADxx announces award winners at RSNA 2019

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The RAD Women (RADxx) networking group for women in imaging informatics announced the winners of the third annual RADxx Awards at a reception during RSNA 2019 in Chicago.

December 4, 2019

Video from RSNA 2019: Survey finds high levels of burnout

CHICAGO - The results of a recent survey of radiology practice leaders paint a disturbing picture of the pervasiveness of burnout in radiology, with 77% of survey respondents saying burnout was either a significant or very significant problem. Dr. Jay Parikh of MD Anderson Cancer Center discusses the survey in this video interview.

December 4, 2019

Top poster prizewinners enjoy the moment at RSNA 2019

By Philip Ward

Research groups across the globe were celebrating on Wednesday afternoon at RSNA 2019, when the 28 winners of the prestigious magna cum laude awards were unveiled. Recreational drug use, 3D printing, bariatric surgery, and MR elastography of the brain were among the prizewinning topics.

December 4, 2019

Technologist-performed WBUS is helpful in dense breasts

By Erik L. Ridley

CHICAGO - Handheld whole-breast ultrasound (WBUS) performed by mammography technologists can be a time-efficient method for adjuvant screening of women with dense breasts, according to research presented Wednesday at the 2019 RSNA meeting.

December 4, 2019

Video from RSNA 2019: Impostor syndrome in radiology

CHICAGO - What is impostor syndrome, and how common is it in radiology? Dr. Geraldine McGinty, board chair of the American College of Radiology, discusses the phenomenon and what can be done to address it.

December 4, 2019

Misinterpreted CT scans leading cause of malpractice

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Misinterpreting CT scans is the leading cause of patient injury malpractice cases involving radiologists, according to a new study by the Doctors Company.

December 3, 2019

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