Practice Management: Page 566

Year in Malawi brings challenges, rewards for radiologist
By Rosemary Frei
When Dr. Josée Sarrazin moved to Malawi in 2009 to work alongside the sole permanent radiologist in the country of 14 million people, some of her colleagues questioned her judgment.
May 23, 2011
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RaySearch hit with patent claim
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm RaySearch Laboratories said it has been sued for patent infringement by radiation treatment planning software developer Prowess.
May 22, 2011
Canadian rad sues for defamation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian radiologist whose work in 2009 prompted an audit of approximately 70,000 imaging exams is suing the provincial health minister, the region that formerly employed him, and the regulating body that sanctioned him, according a report in the Saskatoon newspaper StarPhoenix.
May 22, 2011
Study: RBMs could save Medicare up to $24B
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medicare and its beneficiaries could save $13 billion to $24 billion between now and 2020 if radiology benefits management (RBM) programs were adopted by Medicare, according to a study commissioned by Magellan Health Services.
May 19, 2011
AMIC calls for changes to USPSTF process
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC), together with several patient advocacy organizations, is urging the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to change the composition of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and its process for issuing recommendations.
May 19, 2011
Radiation therapy vacancies decrease
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Vacancy rates for radiation therapists and medical dosimetrists have declined since 2009, according to a new survey from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
May 18, 2011
ViewRay nets U.S., European patents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer ViewRay has been awarded patents in the U.S. and Europe for its combined MRI and radiation therapy technologies.
May 18, 2011
SalaryScan: Radiologist salaries rise as RT pay falls
By Kate Madden Yee
U.S. radiologists enjoyed salary growth in 2010, while pay for radiologic technologists (RTs) fell slightly, according to the latest data from AuntMinnie.com's 2011 SalaryScan survey.
May 18, 2011
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DR to come to remote Guatemala
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Rotary International is collaborating with the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare of Guatemala and the Pan American Health Organization to bring diagnostic digital radiography (DR) services to that country.
May 17, 2011
Atlantis names Tessell to director's post
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atlantis Worldwide has named Norman Tessell as director of business development, imaging systems.
May 16, 2011
NeuroGrafix moves UC lawsuit forward
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI technology developer NeuroGrafix announced that it has executed a stipulation in which the University of California (UC) Regents has agreed to appear in federal district court to respond to patent infringement allegations.
May 16, 2011
ESTRO: Shortage of medical physicists forecast for U.S.
By Becky McCall
Residency positions to train medical physicists are in seriously short supply, and training is taking too long, according to a speaker at the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) annual meeting held last week in London.
May 15, 2011
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