Practice Management: Page 446

MICI Q4: No hope on the horizon for scanner purchasing

By Brian Casey

If you were hoping for good news on a comeback in radiology before this year's RSNA meeting, you may have to wait a little longer. Radiology administrators continue to have a pessimistic outlook for the fourth quarter of 2013, according to new data from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI).

November 13, 2013

Tandem denies patent infringement against vRad

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Software developer Tandem Radiology has denied infringing on patents held by teleradiology services provider Virtual Radiologic (vRad) and NightHawk Radiology Services.

November 12, 2013

JACR: How inappropriate is CT use, really?

By Kate Madden Yee

It's true that some proportion of patients is exposed to large numbers of CT scans. But the characteristics of these patients and their doctors are consistent with reasonable medical decision-making, according to new research published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

November 12, 2013

vRad launches peer group RPC Indices

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Teleradiology services provider Virtual Radiologic (vRad) has released its new Radiology Patient Care (RPC) Indices.

November 11, 2013

Techs perform screening breast US just as well as physicians

By Kate Madden Yee

Thursday, December 5 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSQ01-01 | Arie Crown TheaterTechnologists perform handheld screening breast ultrasound just as well as physicians, which can help a radiology department by freeing up radiologists' time for other tasks, according to a study to be presented on Thursday at RSNA 2013.

November 11, 2013

ASRT debuts IGRT educational series

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has launched a new educational series, Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT).

November 10, 2013