Practice Management: Page 546

Scanning in Pain: Part 1 -- A simple way to fix it
By Doug Wuebben
AuntMinnie.com presents the first in a four-part series on overcoming work-related musculoskeletal issues for sonographers by Doug Wuebben, a cardiac sonographer, along with Mark Roozen, strength coach for the Cleveland Browns, and Joel Raether, strength coach for the Colorado Mammoth.
October 27, 2011
ACR lashes back at mammo study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study published online Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine that reported screening mammography may not save as many lives as previously estimated belongs in the lay press, not a medical journal, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR).
October 26, 2011
Supercommittee Dems pitch $400B Medicare cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Democrats on the congressional "supercommittee" charged with reducing the U.S. budget deficit are seeking up to $3 trillion in savings, including $400 billion in Medicare cuts, according to Reuters.
October 26, 2011
Aurora reports ACR accreditations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology said that six customers have received American College of Radiology (ACR) accreditation for breast MRI.
October 26, 2011
Virtual colonoscopy advocates press on for reimbursement
By Eric Barnes
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Virtual colonoscopy screening advocates were upbeat about their quest for reimbursement of the exam at this week's 2011 International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy. Which is not to say that getting doctors paid to perform virtual colonoscopy has been an easy struggle, or a particularly quick one.
October 25, 2011
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SIIM regional meeting focuses on Calif. dose reporting bill
By Rebekah Moan
SAN FRANCISCO - California's new radiation dose reporting law was the focus of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine's (SIIM) first regional meeting. Attendees heard from inspectors on how they plan to enforce the law, which could become a model for other states concerned about radiation overdose.
October 24, 2011
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FDA lets ACR accredit Sectra FFDM system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the American College of Radiology (ACR) authority to accredit Sectra's MicroDose L30 full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.
October 24, 2011
SNM launches website for patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has launched a new patient-focused website, discoverMI.org, to provide patients with information about nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.
October 24, 2011
Experts share their tips on when to use enterography
Which patients are best suited for enterography? And if you have a patient who is a good candidate for the procedure, should you use CT or MR? Several enterography experts share their opinions.
October 24, 2011
Dr. Michael Gee, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
McKesson adds RMS client
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare information systems firm McKesson has signed Newton-Wellesley Radiology Associates as a new customer for its Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) services.
October 23, 2011
AJR: Financial ties lead to higher imaging utilization
By Kate Madden Yee
A new study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology has confirmed that referring physicians who have a financial interest in medical imaging have higher utilization rates -- as much as 49% more. Furthermore, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, intended in part to curb self-referral, has had little effect.
October 20, 2011
DeepWell, Edge Tech partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Archiving services provider DeepWell Archival Services said it has inked an agreement with Edge Tech Solutions to offer vendor-neutral archive technology for PACS image data as a cloud-based service.
October 20, 2011
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