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AMA to Congress: Repeal SGR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Medical Association (AMA) is joining with specialty medical societies to urge Congress to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
September 22, 2011
Missed-case conferences improve patient care
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Residents who attend conferences that focus on missed or misinterpreted cases are 67% less likely to miss important findings when reading on-call musculoskeletal x-ray images, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 21, 2011
ACR weighs in on Obama deficit reduction plan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) released a statement today opposing the imaging provisions in the deficit reduction plan presented this week by President Barack Obama.
September 21, 2011
Ultra Solutions moves headquarters
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Used and refurbished ultrasound equipment provider Ultra Solutions has consolidated all of its operations into a 25,000-sq-ft facility in Ontario, CA.
September 21, 2011
FDA schedules MRI safety workshop
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a two-day public workshop on MRI safety for October 25-26.
September 20, 2011
Obama deficit plan includes $1.3B cuts to imaging
By Kate Madden Yee
President Barack Obama's plan to tame the U.S. budget deficit includes $320 billion in health savings over the next 10 years -- $1.3 billion of which would come from cuts to medical imaging, according to the proposal released September 19 by the White House.
September 20, 2011
InSightec reports ExAblate use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec said that its ExAblate Neuro MR-guided focused ultrasound system has been used in clinical studies to treat 30 patients suffering from chronic neurological disorders.
September 20, 2011
RBM firm AIM touts echo usage success
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management (RBM) firm American Imaging Management (AIM) said that its prospective clinical review program for echocardiography has yielded an 18% decrease in utilization since a health plan implemented it in 2009 over a three-state region.
September 20, 2011
SIR nets $100K from St. Jude Medical
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation's Discovery Campaign has received a $100,000 pledge from cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical.
September 19, 2011
vRad to support Doctors Without Borders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services provider Virtual Radiologic (vRad) will provide pro bono diagnostic radiology services to the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.
September 19, 2011
ACR tweaks rules for SPECT phantoms
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
After a review of nuclear medicine accreditation program requirements, the American College of Radiology's (ACR) subcommittee on nuclear medicine physics has eliminated the need for sites to submit SPECT phantoms utilizing thallium-201, gallium-67, or indium-111.
September 19, 2011
CareCore chairman, CEO Ryan dies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Don Ryan, chairman and CEO of radiology benefits management firm CareCore National, passed away this weekend at the age of 64.
September 19, 2011
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