Practice Management: Page 541

ASTRO raises concerns about APBI study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a statement on December 9 expressing concern about the potential "misinterpretation of data" in a study on accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium last week.
December 11, 2011
ACR shoots down BMJ mammo study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is taking issue with a study published in the December 8 issue of the British Medical Journal, which, the organization asserts, uses "discredited and obsolete data" to underestimate by half the number of lives saved by mammography screening.
December 8, 2011
RT enrollment stays same in 2011
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of first-year students enrolled in radiologic technology programs in 2011 remains relatively steady compared to 2010, according to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
December 8, 2011
Teleradiology firm exec headed to jail
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dr. Rajashakher Reddy, founder of teleradiology services provider Reddy Solutions, has been sentenced to four years and six months in prison for his conviction on charges of healthcare fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud.
December 8, 2011
ASRT launches CT basics course
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) announced it has launched a new course, called CT Basics: Radiation Therapy Series.
December 6, 2011
CDI buys MRI centers in Minn.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services firm Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) has acquired Soteria Imaging's two Lifescan Upright MRI centers in St. Louis Park and Little Canada, MN.
December 6, 2011
Nighthawk foe advises groups to take back telerad night call
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists should fight the trend of outsourcing night call to teleradiologists, according to a presentation given at last week's RSNA meeting in Chicago by outspoken nighthawk foe Dr. David C. Levin from Thomas Jefferson University.
December 6, 2011
RSNA reports attendance uptick
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) reported that preliminary numbers from its 2011 meeting in Chicago indicate that overall attendance climbed 2% compared with the 2010 edition, continuing a growth trend that began last year after two years of decline.
December 5, 2011
RTOG launches glioma brain tumor study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has begun a phase II study to evaluate the best treatment strategies for patients with low-risk, low-grade glioma brain tumors.
December 4, 2011
WellPoint to cover lung CT for heavy smokers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare insurer WellPoint has announced that it will cover low-dose CT screening for lung cancer in heavy smokers.
December 4, 2011
U.S. offers new incentives for adopting EHRs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is offering new incentives to hospitals and physician's offices to speed the adoption of healthcare IT, and improve healthcare and create jobs.
November 30, 2011
Implementing meaningful use isn't a cakewalk yet
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - From a radiology perspective, meaningful use guidelines are challenging, with a minefield of unknowns and pitfalls. It's perhaps unsurprising, then, that a panel discussion on how radiology practices are actually handling meaningful use attracted quite a crowd on Tuesday at RSNA 2011.
November 30, 2011
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