Practice Management: Page 563

AHRA: Healthcare reform changes the rules for radiology
By Kate Madden Yee
GRAPEVINE, TX - For years, the conventional wisdom was that radiology practices needed to increase volume to stay afloat. But federal healthcare reform legislation passed last year, as well as the current debt ceiling crisis, may be changing that equation, according to a presentation at this week's AHRA meeting.
August 15, 2011
Brit teams with SaferMD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS vendor Brit Systems is partnering with SaferMD for radiologists who use Brit Systems' UrgentWorks critical results test management product to apply for malpractice insurance discounts from their insurance carrier.
August 15, 2011
IsoRay Cs-131 used for gyn procedure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cesium-131 (Cs-131) brachytherapy seeds from medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical have been used at the University of Kentucky for gynecological cancer in a female patient whose disease recurred after previous radiation treatment.
August 14, 2011
AHRA: How to handle angry patients
By Kate Madden Yee
GRAPEVINE, TX - Patient dissatisfaction is a recurring problem for radiology administrators and imaging providers, and one that can cause disruption, thus wasting a practice's precious time. But do angry patients have to be a fact of life? Not at all, according to a talk on Sunday at the AHRA meeting.
August 14, 2011
Quantum completes Wis. installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has completed the installation of its Q-Rad-Digital DRX Series system at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay.
August 11, 2011
Rise in CT use linked to drop in hospital admissions
By Eric Barnes
CT use in emergency departments has risen sharply in the past decade, and it's not hard to find opposition to the kinds of growth numbers that some find alarming. But there has been little opposition to an ongoing drop in hospital admissions, and now a study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine has linked the two trends.
August 10, 2011
Former Heart Check America workers tell firm's inside story
By Brian Casey
When whole-body scanning chain Heart Check America's (HCA) Denver facility was shut down by Colorado regulators in April, it was the last straw for a company that had been in decline for the last 18 months. Now, the firm's former employees are telling the story of HCA's stunning rise and rapid fall.
August 10, 2011
Heart Check America hit with class-action lawsuit
By Brian Casey
Whole-body scanning chain Heart Check America has been hit with a class-action lawsuit filed by a Las Vegas attorney who claims that the firm defrauded customers by offering CT scanning packages without referrals from licensed physicians -- an alleged violation of Nevada state law.
August 9, 2011
NARSAD grants awarded to 15 projects
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has awarded $1.5 million in National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Distinguished Investigator grants to 15 recipients for research on brain and behavior disorders.
August 9, 2011
RadNet posts profit in Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 9% increase in volume powered imaging services firm RadNet to double-digit growth in revenues and a profit in the second quarter.
August 9, 2011
ProScan names Grossman as COO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ProScan Imaging has named Mark Grossman as its new chief operating officer (COO).
August 9, 2011
FDA clears GE RT planning systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a new portfolio of CT scanners developed by GE Healthcare for use in performing radiation therapy (RT) simulation procedures.
August 8, 2011
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