Practice Management: Page 336

Do patients want to read their radiology reports?
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiology reports aren't just for referring physicians anymore. In fact, more than 50% of patients who have online access to their reports read them -- and want to discuss the results with their radiologist, according to a new study published online in Academic Radiology.
June 15, 2016
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HL7, IHE renew cooperation agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
HL7 and the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative have renewed their cooperation agreement, pledging to work together more closely and to provide more clarity about their respective roles.
June 14, 2016
Radiology Partners joins ACR's R-SCAN
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology group Radiology Partners said it has joined the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Radiology Support, Communication, and Alignment Network (R-SCAN) imaging utilization initiative.
June 14, 2016
New guidelines offer reporting standards for CCTA
By Eric Barnes
Three medical societies have unveiled new guidelines to standardize reporting for coronary CT angiography (CCTA), culminating a long multidisciplinary effort to bring more consistency to how these exams are reported and followed up.
June 14, 2016
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Indian radiologists strike over 'harassment'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiologists in the Maharashtra state of India went on strike on June 14 to protest the "unfair" prosecution of a fellow radiologist under an Indian law aimed at preventing gender-specific abortions.
June 14, 2016
SBI to launch 1st breast imaging fellowship match
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) has created a breast imaging fellowship match program.
June 13, 2016
ACR joins Society for Participatory Medicine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has joined the Society for Participatory Medicine as a bronze-level member.
June 13, 2016
NY mobile imaging firm hit by OIG investigation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile imaging services provider Precision Health of Staten Island, NY, improperly claimed at least $332,000 in Medicare reimbursement for unallowable portable x-ray services, according to an investigation by the U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG).
June 13, 2016
ASE elects new president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) appointed Dr. Allan Klein as president at its annual meeting being held this week in Seattle.
June 12, 2016
CapMed+ buys Lighthouse Medical Imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging equipment financing company CapMed+ has purchased Lighthouse Medical Imaging, a Miami-based independent service organization for PET/CT, CT, and MR equipment.
June 12, 2016
SNMMI names top leaders for 2016-2017
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SAN DIEGO - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) formally named Sally Schwarz from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis as its new president at this week's annual meeting.
June 12, 2016
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Michael J. Fox Foundation launches $2M PET tracer prize
By Kate Madden Yee
The Michael J. Fox Foundation will award a $2 million prize for the development of a PET tracer to visualize alpha-synuclein, a key protein in Parkinson's disease. The foundation made its announcement at the 2016 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging meeting in San Diego.
June 12, 2016
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