Practice Management: Page 262

Burnout in radiologists | Mammo rates rise under ACA | Oral contrast and CT

By Brian Casey

January 17, 2018

Change buys National Decision Support Company

By Erik L. Ridley

In a bid to advance its goal of providing evidence-based clinical intelligence at the point of care, healthcare information systems company Change Healthcare has purchased clinical decision-support software firm National Decision Support Company.

January 17, 2018

Supertech gets ACR OK for phantom

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

X-ray accessories firm Supertech has received approval from American College of Radiology (ACR) for its digital mammography phantom.

January 17, 2018

Vieworks buys U.S. distributor Medlink Imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

South Korean x-ray device manufacturer Vieworks is growing in the U.S. with its recently completed acquisition of Medlink Imaging of Pine Brook, NJ.

January 17, 2018

More women get breast screening after ACA bans copays

By Brian Casey

More women participated in mammography screening when they no longer had to pay out of pocket for part of the cost, as stipulated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), found a study published January 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study is the latest to show the ACA as having a positive effect on public health.

January 17, 2018

Report: Burnout is prevalent among U.S. physicians

By Brian Casey

A new report on burnout among physicians indicates that the condition is prevalent in the U.S., with more than 40% of doctors reporting feelings of burnout. Among medical specialties, radiologists reported burnout rates that were slightly higher than the average for all physicians.

January 17, 2018

Doctors may be ordering too many coronary interventions

By Brian Casey

Physicians may be ordering too many percutaneous coronary intervention procedures by overestimating the degree of coronary stenosis in angiograms, according to a study from China published January 16 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

January 16, 2018

USPSTF rejects adding new risk factors for heart disease

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Should new risk factors such as coronary artery calcium and ankle-brachial index be added to traditional risk factors for assessing which patients might be at risk of peripheral arterial disease and cardiovascular disease? Not so fast, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

January 15, 2018

Better clinical histories improve CT interpretation, billing

By Abraham Kim

How can emergency departments improve their interpretation and billing for head CT exams? A paper published in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology explains that reminding physicians to include thorough clinical histories with their orders may do the trick.

January 15, 2018

CMS to ease rules for MRI scans of implantable devices

By Brian Casey

Reimbursement could soon get a lot easier for MRI scans of patients with implantable cardiac devices. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on January 11 proposed withdrawing its requirement that payments for these scans only be made when the scans are performed within a clinical study.

January 10, 2018

ACR releases appropriateness summaries for patients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released the first examples of its appropriateness criteria patient summaries, which the organization is developing to help patients better understand which imaging tests may be best for their condition -- or why they may not need an imaging exam at all.

January 10, 2018

ECR 2018 receives accreditation boost

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) revealed that ECR 2018 has been officially accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education /Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes for 33 European CME credits (ECMECs).

January 9, 2018

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