Practice Management: Page 563

Fonar posts healthy Q3 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Increased revenues from its imaging center management business propelled MRI vendor Fonar to double-digit growth in the company's third fiscal quarter (end-March 31).
May 14, 2012
HHS launches tool to track U.S. health system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a Web-based tool designed to inform and measure how the nation's healthcare system is performing.
May 14, 2012
Critical test results: Make every effort to communicate
By Kate Madden Yee
Communication breakdown for critical test results is an important healthcare issue that can negatively affect patient safety, said Dr. Jonathan Berlin in a May 15 presentation at RADExpo 2012: Spring PACS Symposium, an AuntMinnie.com virtual conference.
May 14, 2012
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Former RT pleads guilty to hepatitis infections
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A former radiologic technologist (RT) has pleaded guilty to infecting patients with hepatitis C while working in the interventional radiology department at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. At least one patient who was infected later died, and the RT faces up to life in prison.
May 10, 2012
M*Modal taps chief legal officer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and transcription technology developer M*Modal has hired Kathryn Twiddy as chief legal officer.
May 10, 2012
The Profit Center: Part 25 -- How safe is hospital employment?
By Mark F. Weiss
In this latest Profit Center installment, healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss discusses hospital employment for radiologists, and whether it's really the "safe" career option it's being pitched to be.
May 10, 2012
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Alliance Health signs on to Choosing Wisely
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare social network provider Alliance Health joined the Choosing Wisely campaign, an effort to cut unnecessary healthcare utilization.
May 9, 2012
Elekta reports meaningful use of Mosaiq
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta said that two of its customers became the first users of its Mosaiq oncology information system in 2012 to complete the attestation process to prove meaningful use under the federal government's healthcare IT stimulus program.
May 9, 2012
BC Technical buys Consus
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging refurbished equipment provider BC Technical has purchased Consus Medical Imaging of Jacksonville, FL.
May 9, 2012
Slow USPSTF lung cancer CT screening review draws ire
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Lung Cancer Alliance, Legacy, and Prevent Cancer Foundation are protesting what they believe is an "unconscionable delay" in the federal government's review of CT screening for those at high risk for lung cancer and have asked Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to intervene.
May 9, 2012
MITA applauds Senate efforts on helium supply bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) is praising bipartisan efforts by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in its hearing today on the Helium Stewardship Act of 2012 (S 2374).
May 9, 2012
RadNet trims loss in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Growth in imaging procedure volume led to a 17% revenue increase and a lower net loss for imaging services firm RadNet in its first quarter.
May 9, 2012
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