Practice Management: Page 365

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

AHRA, Toshiba open Putting Patients First grant program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The AHRA and Toshiba America Medical Systems have announced the ninth year of their Putting Patients First grant program.

July 31, 2016

New NCCN guidelines include breast tomo

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

New guidelines published by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommend that physicians consider digital breast tomosynthesis exams as an option for their patients' annual breast cancer screening.

July 31, 2016

Shimadzu picks Konica Minolta's AeroDR for mobile system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Shimadzu Medical Systems USA has selected Konica Minolta Medical Imaging's AeroDR as the exclusive flat-panel detector for its new MobileDaRt MX7i portable digital radiography (DR) system.

July 31, 2016

Shimadzu launches MX7 mobile DR unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Shimadzu Medical Systems USA has launched MX7, the newest member of its MobileDaRt Evolution line of mobile digital radiography (DR) systems.

July 31, 2016

Radiology Protocols names CEO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging protocol management firm Radiology Protocols has named Colleen McFarlane as its CEO.

July 31, 2016

4 ways to avoid denials for radiology claims

By Sandy Coffta

In part 2 of a series on why radiology claims are denied, Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners discusses the role that eligibility problems can play in claim denials, and offers four tips for how radiology practices can keep claims from getting rejected.

July 28, 2016

Ohio group to join Radiology Partners network

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology Partners has announced that Ohio-based Columbus Radiology is joining its network.

July 27, 2016

ACR OKs CIRS' digital mammo phantom

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computerized Imaging Reference Systems (CIRS) has received approval from the American College of Radiology (ACR) as a vendor for the new ACR digital mammography phantom.

July 26, 2016

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