Practice Management: Page 194

Ilumina debuts imaging AI for insurance, law firms

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) technology developer Ilumina has launched an AI-powered bespoke concierge diagnostic medical imaging service targeted at insurance companies and law firms.

September 2, 2019

RANZCR issues final version of ethical AI guidelines

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) has issued the final version of guidelines on the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The draft version of the guidelines was issued in February.

September 2, 2019

Deadly MRI accident heads to court in India

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The saga of the January 2018 MRI accident that killed a man in India when he was sucked into the scanner's bore continued this week in a Mumbai courtroom.

August 29, 2019

How to get feedback on your MIPS performance

By Erin Stephens

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that clinicians who participated in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2018 can access their 2018 performance feedback by logging in to the Quality Payment Program website. Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners analyzes what this means for imaging providers.

August 29, 2019

German study finds trace gadolinium in fast-food drinks

By Philip Ward

Soft drinks served at fast-food outlets in a half-dozen cities in Germany had trace levels of gadolinium from MRI contrast agents, according to a recent study. While the research highlights the persistence of gadolinium in the environment, the levels most likely do not represent a health risk, experts say.

August 28, 2019

Radiology misses out on physician salary increases

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Although overall physician pay increased in 2018, radiologists did not benefit from the trend, according to a new survey published August 27 by the American Medical Group Association.

August 27, 2019

ED physicians inconsistent when ordering imaging exams

By Kate Madden Yee

Emergency department (ED) physicians are inconsistent in how they order imaging exams, and this variation could lead to unnecessary imaging studies and unnecessary patient exposure to radiation, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 27, 2019

Imaging centers promote CT scans via Groupon

By Abraham Kim

Various imaging centers throughout the U.S. have been offering promotions for discounted CT scans through online marketing company Groupon.

August 26, 2019

SIIM seeks new editor in chief for JDI

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is looking for a new editor in chief for its flagship peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Digital Imaging (JDI).

August 25, 2019

AAPM weighs in on x-ray shielding

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) on August 19 released a letter addressed to x-ray imagers regarding the use of patient gonadal and fetal shielding in diagnostic x-ray imaging.

August 22, 2019

RSNA to launch new global learning program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The RSNA plans to launch a new Global Learning Centers program in 2020 to improve radiology education around the world.

August 21, 2019

Cities in New England have highest breast screening rates

By Kate Madden Yee

It's not just rural areas that are susceptible to disparities in screening mammography, but cities too -- with metropolitan areas in New England having the highest rates of mammography use, while cities in the Mountain region have the lowest, according to a study published August 20 in Radiology.

August 21, 2019

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