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PARCA adds new HIT professional certifications
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The PACS Administrators Registry and Certification Association (PARCA) announced that it is offering two new certifications for healthcare IT professionals.
November 20, 2012
Study finds Medicare patients get repeat testing too often
By Cynthia E. Keen
Are Medicare patients getting too many repeat diagnostic tests -- including medical imaging scans? A study of nearly 750,000 patients published online November 19 in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests this is the case.
November 19, 2012
Joint Commission names 2013 chair
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Joint Commission, which evaluates and accredits more than 19,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the U.S., has announced the appointment of Dr. Rebecca Patchin as the 2013 chair of its board of commissioners.
November 19, 2012
New Merge platform geared toward meaningful use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Merge Healthcare will use the RSNA 2012 meeting to launch a new mobile and Internet platform and to demonstrate how its IT products help fulfill U.S. meaningful use standards.
November 18, 2012
Toshiba offers environmental monitoring system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems announced it has launched e-Watch, an environmental monitoring system for imaging suites.
November 18, 2012
ACR, AAPM, SIIM release technical standards
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) have jointly released new standards for the electronic practice of medical imaging.
November 18, 2012
CT procedure volume falls, except for emergency use
By Eric Barnes
After decades of rising CT utilization, U.S. doctors appear to have finally hit the pause button -- and even the reverse button -- reducing their use of CT scans in every setting except emergency radiology, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
November 18, 2012
Study: Obamacare to boost mammo demand
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study found that implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, could boost demand for mammography screening by half a million women per year or more in 2014.
November 15, 2012
How to get on the meaningful use bandwagon
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 27 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-INS-TU6A | Lakeside Learning CenterRadiologists who are starting to explore how to participate in the meaningful use initiative under way by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services should find this poster presentation helpful.
November 15, 2012
Enterprise RIS/PACS downtimes are common, often unscheduled
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, November 26 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSE12-06 | Room S402ABResearchers from University Radiology in New Jersey will discuss in this presentation the sources and severity of failures in complex RIS/PACS environments.
November 15, 2012
SDMS launches research mentoring program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) Foundation announced it has launched the Sonography Research Institute mentoring program.
November 14, 2012
Election 2012: The practice of radiology, going forward
By Kate Madden Yee
The presidential election may be over, but the potential ramifications of its outcome linger. What does radiology face in both the short and long term? AuntMinnie.com spoke to several policy-watchers on the question as radiology struggles to understand the meaning of the 2012 election.
November 14, 2012
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