Practice Management: Page 549

ACP warns physicians of 'government overreach'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is recommending that state and federal governments adopt seven principles to avoid passing legislation that interferes with the patient-physician relationship and appropriate care.
August 9, 2012
Could hepatitis C infections have been prevented? And, reducing unnecessary CCTA use
By Brian Casey
August 8, 2012
Radisphere launches Radiology Quality Institute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Radisphere has launched the Radiology Quality Institute, a collaborative research organization designed to identify and promote radiology quality standards and process improvements.
August 8, 2012
Changes coming to Komen for the Cure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has unveiled plans to move to a new management structure to focus on revenue creation, strategy, and global growth.
August 8, 2012
Were warning signs missed in traveling technologist case?
By Brian Casey
A patchwork of regulation

The Kwiatkowski case highlights the patchwork of regulation governing allied health professionals, as well as the challenges faced by existing credentialing organizations in investigating personnel incidents that hospitals might prefer to keep under wraps. There are multiple channels for obtaining and maintaining a technologist's license, and there is no national database or clearinghouse for all allied healthcare workers that can quickly disseminate news of a disciplinary action to all the states, associations, and employers that might need to know about it.
August 8, 2012
Were warning signs missed in traveling technologist case?
By Brian Casey
Fired in Arizona and Pennsylvania

Although officials at Exeter Hospital called Kwiatkowski an "extremely good cardiac technologist" up until the time he was arrested, Kwiatkowski had a checkered résumé. In 2008, he was fired from a job in the interventional radiology department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he was placed through an assignment with Maxim Staffing Solutions.
August 8, 2012
Were warning signs missed in traveling technologist case?
By Brian Casey
When radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski was found unconscious on the bathroom floor of an Arizona hospital in 2010, allegedly with a syringe of fentanyl at his side, he lost his job and his state licensure. So how was Kwiatkowski able to go on to work at hospitals in other states, potentially exposing thousands of patients to hepatitis C?
August 8, 2012
Physician education busts inappropriate CCTA use
By Eric Barnes
A study of more than 25,000 patients in Michigan shows that inappropriate use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) can be drastically curtailed by educating the doctors who order heart scans, according to results published on August 8 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
August 7, 2012
Optimal IMX changes name
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optimal IMX announced it has launched a new brand and website.
August 7, 2012
HCA slammed for unnecessary cath procedures
By Eric Barnes
The largest for-profit hospital chain in the U.S. is under fire for performing thousands of cardiac catheterization procedures that were medically unnecessary, according to an August 6 article in the New York Times.
August 6, 2012
ACR launches health policy institute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched a health policy institute that will examine the effects of medical imaging on healthcare quantity, delivery, and cost.
August 6, 2012
Modular training software teaches techs the art of VC
By Eric Barnes
A new software-based training tool from the University of Chicago promises to train CT technologists in the complex procedure of virtual colonoscopy -- minus the image interpretation. The tool could help meet training needs should virtual colonoscopy come into widespread use for colorectal cancer screening.
August 6, 2012
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