Practice Management: Page 320

Group to offer free brain scans in Wash. DC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Brain Tumor Foundation plans to offer free brain MRI scans to the public from September 12-18 in Washington, DC.

September 7, 2017

Unlock efficiency with radiology workflow orchestration

By Erik L. Ridley

NEW YORK CITY - Does your health system want more efficiency from its radiology services? Then try adopting a radiology workflow orchestration system, according to a presentation on Thursday at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine - New York Medical Imaging Informatics Symposium.

September 7, 2017

Philips signs on as RBMA sponsor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Royal Philips has become the exclusive imaging equipment sponsor for the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA).

September 7, 2017

Radiologists show resilience during Harvey

By Kate Madden Yee

As Tropical Storm Harvey dumped more than 40 inches of rainfall in Houston last month, radiology professionals rose to the occasion to continue providing crucial imaging services. They tell tales of riding out the storm by sleeping in scanner suites and reading images from flooded homes, and they say one thing was key to survival: planning.

September 7, 2017

ACR updates LI-RADS for ultrasound

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is updating its standardized system for liver cancer screening and surveillance ultrasound imaging exams.

September 6, 2017

New app uses smartphone to measure LVEF

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers have developed technology that can use a smartphone camera to measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of the heart, potentially providing the same measurements generated with echocardiography, according to a study published in the journal Critical Care Medicine.

September 6, 2017

3 medical device service firms form Innovatus Imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new company, Innovatus Imaging, has formed through the combination of three national medical device service and manufacturing firms: Bayer Multi Vendor Service of Pittsburgh, MedTech of Denver, and Wetsco of Tulsa, OK.

September 5, 2017

Alpha Imaging buys Medical Imaging Systems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging equipment distributor Alpha Imaging has purchased fellow imaging equipment distributor Medical Imaging Systems of Stratford, CT.

September 4, 2017

IRE-ELiT signs deal with Cardinal Health

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Belgian radiopharmaceutical developer Institute for Radioelements - Environment and Life Science Technology (IRE-ELiT) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with radiopharmaceutical supplier Cardinal Health.

September 4, 2017

No need for RBMs: In-house efforts cut imaging rates

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiology practices can reduce the use of inappropriate high-cost imaging exams such as CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, and PET by establishing an in-house imaging utilization management program, thus avoiding external oversight from a radiology benefits management (RBM) firm, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

September 4, 2017

6 things new dept. chairs should know about capital budgets

By Dr. Geoffrey Rubin

You're a newly minted department chair, and you're about to attend your first capital budget meeting, where a proposal for a new MRI scanner is on the agenda. How should you handle it? Fortunately, we have a few tips from Dr. Geoffrey Rubin from Duke University and the Radiology Leadership Institute.

September 4, 2017

ACC releases valvular heart imaging guidelines

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has released appropriate use criteria guidelines for multimodality imaging for the diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease.

September 1, 2017

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