Practice Management: Page 323

Article questions long-term health effects of atomic bombs

By Eric Barnes

A new article published in Genetics questions whether the long-term health effects experienced by survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been as dire as originally predicted.

August 11, 2016

Radiological safety conference to be held in Dubai

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Business events firm Informa will host a one-day radiological safety conference on 6 October at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center.

August 10, 2016

Assigning E&M codes for interventional radiology

By Donna Richmond

Can interventional radiologists (IRs) bill evaluation and management (E&M) codes? What do Medicare's global surgery rules have to say about when and how to assign them? Donna Richmond from Panacea Healthcare Solutions offers advice.

August 10, 2016

RadNet posts Q2 revenue increase

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging services provider RadNet posted revenue increases in its second-quarter and six-month financial results.

August 9, 2016

Report: Colo. hospital failed to properly clean US probes

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment found that workers at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs did not properly clean vaginal ultrasound probes, according to a report in the Denver Post.

August 9, 2016

ARR announces 2016 research award winners

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Academy of Radiology Research (ARR) has announced the 2016 recipients of its Distinguished Investigator Award.

August 9, 2016

WSJ article charts growth of in-office use of devices

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In-office use of new medical technology is driving growth in Medicare spending, according to a new article published August 9 in the Wall Street Journal.

August 9, 2016

ACR projects 16% job growth for radiologists in 2016

By Kate Madden Yee

The number of new jobs available for radiologists in 2016 will be 16% higher than those available in 2015, according to the fifth annual workforce survey by the Commission on Human Resources at the American College of Radiology (ACR). The study was published online August 3 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

August 9, 2016

MICI Q3: Rad administrator sentiment slips -- or does it?

By Brian Casey

New numbers from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) hint at a dip in optimism among radiology administrators leading into the third quarter of 2016. But organizers of the index caution that the numbers do not have the statistical significance to state definitively that sentiment is declining.

August 8, 2016

HIMSS/SIIM paper offers advice on enterprise image viewers

By Erik L. Ridley

Interested in adopting an enterprise viewer for reviewing images in the electronic health record? There are some key issues to be aware of, according to a white paper jointly produced by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

August 3, 2016

AHRA: 6 ways to prepare for a Joint Commission visit

By Kate Madden Yee

It's been a year since the Joint Commission published new accreditation standards that outlined a higher level of scrutiny for CT, MR, and nuclear medicine/PET imaging. In that time, facilities have gathered experience that can help other sites prepare, according to a presentation given at this week's AHRA 2016 meeting.

August 1, 2016

AHRA: Building a better breast cancer screening program

By Kate Madden Yee

Back in the day, screening for breast cancer mostly consisted of a mammography exam. But with increased understanding of risk factors such as breast density and the advent of new technologies, breast cancer screening isn't a one-size-fits-all endeavor anymore, according to a presentation at the AHRA 2016 meeting in Nashville, TN.

August 1, 2016

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