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Data analytics: The cornerstone of meaningful use
By Kim Garriott
The execution of a successful enterprise imaging strategy provides a platform to acquire, retain, and achieve meaningful use of a wealth of clinical information that has previously been unmanaged. In this article, Kim Garriott of Logicalis Healthcare Solutions offers advice for building this foundation, with a particular focus on data governance.
February 22, 2016
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Stratifying your imaging technology? Think about your people -- part 2
By Dave Whitney
As healthcare organizations consider stratifying their imaging technology, augmenting technical skill sets required to sustain a newly adopted platform can be overlooked. The success of a stratified environment depends on the people who support it. In part 2 of this series, healthcare recruiting firm Skinner and Associates offers advice on how to address resource challenges.
February 21, 2016
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Living Pain-Free: Sonographer back pain, part 6
By Mark Roozen, Doug Wuebben
Is your butt the cause of your back pain? It could be. As we near the end of this seven-part series on sonographer back pain, coach Mark Roozen and sonographer Doug Wuebben share some stretches and exercises to address the common problem of a weak or imbalanced backside.
February 17, 2016
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ACR forms new informatics committee
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched the Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care Informatics Committee.
February 16, 2016
Obama proposes bigger cancer budget for 2017
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
President Obama's 2017 budget, released on Monday, proposes $5.9 billion to support biomedical research, an increase of $680 million or 13% from the previous year, according to the American Society for Radiation Oncology, which lauded the proposal.
February 11, 2016
RT educator Van Valkenburg dies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Longtime radiologic technologist (RT) educator Jane Van Valkenburg, PhD, died on January 6 at the age of 78, according to an obituary in the Standard Examiner of Ogden, UT.
February 11, 2016
Visage lands order from ACR, Fla. training program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization and PACS firm Visage Imaging has received an order for its Visage 7 enterprise imaging software from the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the University of Florida.
February 10, 2016
AMIC warns of prior authorization threat
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) is speaking out against provisions calling for the use of prior authorization for fee-for-service imaging procedures paid for by Medicare that were included in President Obama's proposed 2017 budget.
February 10, 2016
Mass. jury says Marlboro smokers don't need screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA is not obligated to pay for annual low-dose lung cancer CT screening for healthy smokers of Marlboro cigarettes, a Massachusetts federal jury decided on Wednesday, according to an article on Law360.
February 10, 2016
IsoRay posts mixed Q2 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical added to both its revenue and net loss in the company's second quarter of fiscal 2016.
February 9, 2016
La. woman sought after making threat to hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sheriff's deputies in Louisiana are searching for a woman who allegedly threatened to shoot up a local hospital because she thought she received too much radiation there after a January visit, according to an article in The Advocate.
February 9, 2016
ECR 2016 attendance projected to break records
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European Society of Radiology is anticipating record levels of attendance at this year's ECR 2016, following a healthy increase in the number of preregistered participants compared with this time last year.
February 8, 2016
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