Practice Management: Page 477

NY Times highlights St. Barnabas, resident jobs decline
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An article in Thursday's New York Times highlights ongoing problems in St. Barnabas Hospital's radiology residency program in the context of the radiology market's declining fortunes overall.
March 28, 2013
Fuji launches new CR reader
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has debuted FCR Prima T2, a tabletop computed radiography (CR) reader targeted at low- to midvolume imaging environments.
March 27, 2013
New Texas radiation rule takes effect May 1
By Eric Barnes
Hoping to avoid the rash of radiation overexposures that shook California radiology like an earthquake a few years back, the state of Texas has decided to implement its own radiation exposure rule beginning May 1.
March 27, 2013
Md. releases results of Kwiatkowski case review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has released the results of its review of the employment of David Kwiatkowski in Maryland hospitals, with recommendations for strengthening legal and regulatory protections in the areas of drug diversion, infection control, and hiring and managing healthcare workers.
March 26, 2013
Senate bill would undo 25% payment cut for multiple scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bipartisan team has introduced the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act (S 623) in the Senate. The bill would undo the 25% Medicare multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR) for interpretation of advanced diagnostic imaging scans performed on a single patient during a single session.
March 24, 2013
Jury awards $5M in GE Omniscan suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An Ohio man and his wife were awarded $5 million on March 22 after an eight-person federal jury in Cleveland agreed that he was severely injured after receiving a dose of GE Healthcare's Omniscan MRI contrast agent.
March 24, 2013
NCBC: Breast centers must reach out to survive
By Kate Madden Yee
How can breast centers navigate the shifting landscape of healthcare reform, reimbursement pressure, and evidence-based medicine? By reaching out to form patient care teams with other providers and tracking performance, according to a March 24 talk at the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) meeting in Las Vegas.
March 24, 2013
Senate amendment would kill medical device tax
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An amendment to the Senate's 2014 budget proposal that supports repealing the medical device tax has passed the body with 79 votes, according to a statement from the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance.
March 21, 2013
Managing CT dose is feasible, with a little help from friends
By Kate Madden Yee
In light of heightened public awareness about the need to lower CT radiation dose, more radiology practices are tackling the issue. They can learn from the example of a community hospital in Connecticut, which implemented a successful dose reduction program as described in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
March 21, 2013
Radiologists return to Haiti to provide education
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Expert radiologists and representatives from five imaging societies will be on hand in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 25 and 26 to provide a series of didactic lectures and hands-on ultrasound training focusing on pediatric imaging.
March 19, 2013
SNMMI offers online dose information
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has launched a new online resource for imaging professionals, referring physicians, and the public on dose optimization for nuclear medicine and molecular imaging procedures.
March 18, 2013
NRMP: Radiology residency PGY-1 slots climb 21% in 2013
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of radiology residency PGY-1 positions offered in the 2013 edition of the Main Residency Match climbed by 21% compared to 2012, with international medical students increasingly filling slots at U.S. radiology programs, according to statistics released this week by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
March 18, 2013
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