Practice Management: Page 217

NEMA publishes electrical standards, products guide

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published a guide that includes NEMA standards, white papers, product categories, and member manufacturers.

January 29, 2019

Medicare's AUC/CDS mandate will begin next year

By Sandy Coffta

Starting January 1, 2020, your referring physicians will be required to use appropriate use criteria (AUC) and clinical decision support (CDS) when ordering imaging exams for Medicare patients. And if they don't, guess who doesn't get paid for the images you read? You. Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners explains.

January 29, 2019

ECR 2019 will feature variety of AI content

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Next month's ECR 2019 meeting in Vienna will include a wide variety of interactive exhibits, theaters, and scientific sessions focused on artificial intelligence (AI), according to the European Society of Radiology (ESR).

January 28, 2019

Hologic, Fujifilm settle mammography patent dispute

By Brian Casey

Hologic and Fujifilm Medical Systems USA have agreed to settle a dispute over patents relating to digital mammography technology, with the firms signing an agreement that will enable both to continue selling their products in the U.S. and worldwide.

January 28, 2019

RSNA seeks new editor for RadioGraphics

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RadioGraphics, a diagnostic radiology journal published by the RSNA, is accepting applications for a new editor, as Dr. Jeffrey Klein prepares to step down from his position as editor at the end of 2020.

January 27, 2019

Deputy ruler of Dubai opens Arab Health 2019

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The deputy ruler of Dubai and United Arab Emirates' minister of finance, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, officially opened Arab Health 2019 and toured the commercial exhibition on the first day of the meeting.

January 27, 2019

4 ways to improve patients' imaging experience

By Kate Madden Yee

Although improving patients' imaging experience may seem daunting, there are four relatively simple ways to boost a department's performance ranking and support patient care, according to a study published online January 22 in Radiology.

January 27, 2019

Overall RSNA attendance edges up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Overall attendance at RSNA 2018 edged up slightly compared with the 2017 edition of the conference. Last year's meeting also saw an increase in the key category of professional attendees, which includes doctors.

January 24, 2019

ASRT: More students enroll in radiology in 2018

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) is reporting an uptick in the number of students enrolled in radiography, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy educational programs in 2018.

January 23, 2019

Racial factors affect time to breast cancer treatment

By Kate Madden Yee

Black women with breast cancer experienced longer times to surgery than their white counterparts in a study among patients in the U.S. Military Health System published online January 23 in JAMA Surgery.

January 23, 2019

ASE releases clinical guidelines for TTE

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released new guidelines for performing comprehensive transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) exams.

January 21, 2019

Men greatly outnumber women in academic nuclear medicine

By Wayne Forrest

The underrepresentation of women in academic diagnostic radiology has had a ripple effect in nuclear medicine, where men outnumber women by almost 6-to-1 in professorial and leadership positions in the U.S. and Canada, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

January 20, 2019

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