Practice Management: Page 413

Vascular surgery society cautions use of US in AAA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery has identified unnecessarily frequent ultrasound exams in asymptomatic patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) as one of its five specific tests and treatments to question under the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign.
June 1, 2015
RAND decision-support study published in JAMA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The authors of a controversial clinical decision-support analysis published in December 2014 have also now shared their findings in a research letter published in the June 2 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
June 1, 2015
MITA issues paper on XR-29 compliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has issued a white paper designed to help healthcare facilities that operate CT scanners achieve compliance with the XR-29 radiation dose reduction standard, also known as MITA Smart Dose CT.
May 31, 2015
ASRT announces distinguished author awards
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has announced the 2014 winners of the Radiologic Technology Distinguished Author Award and the Radiation Therapist Distinguished Author Award.
May 28, 2015
VA facility improves patient access to MRI services
By Wayne Forrest
By implementing a new appointment and scheduling process and expanding imaging hours, personnel at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Virginia have significantly improved patient access to MRI services, according to a study presented at the American College of Radiology's ACR 2015 meeting last week in Washington, DC.
May 28, 2015
2015 05 28 15 03 05 548 Mary Huff 175
SIIM 2015: Imaging informatics has role in new healthcare
By Erik L. Ridley
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - In a turbulent healthcare environment rife with consolidation, standardization, and integration, imaging informatics professionals have much to offer, consultant Donald Dennison told attendees on Thursday during the opening session of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting.
May 27, 2015
2015 05 28 10 39 24 411 Gaylord Front 200
LifeImage secures $17.5M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical image sharing provider LifeImage has closed a $17.5 million round of financing led by Cambia Health Solutions of Portland, OR.
May 27, 2015
DC docs use MR-HIFU to treat bone tumor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Doctors in Washington, DC, have become the first physicians in the U.S. to treat osteoid osteoma using an experimental MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) method.
May 27, 2015
Fla. sonographer school ends transvaginal scanning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A sonographer training school in Florida has decided to end a controversial policy in which students would undergo transvaginal ultrasound scans as part of their education.
May 26, 2015
IMRIS files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
IMRIS, its NeuroArm Surgical subsidiary, and its IMRIS Inc. U.S. subsidiary have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
May 25, 2015
Overcoming 10 barriers to happiness as a radiologist
By Flounce
Radiology's glory days are in the past, and today's radiologists face a variety of professional and economic pressures. But radiologists are misguided to dwell on issues outside of their control, according to Flounce, one of the more sagacious participants in the AuntMinnie.com Forums, who offers a prescription for overcoming the 10 barriers to happiness in radiology.
May 25, 2015
2015 04 24 10 37 21 513 Smiley Face 200
House panel confirms bill that includes MPPR repeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously confirmed legislation that includes a repeal of the 25% payment cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that is mandated by the Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR).
May 21, 2015
Previous Page
Page 413 of 1234
Next Page