Practice Management: Page 583

ECG helps screen for pediatric heart conditions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Adding an electrocardiogram (ECG) to a history and physical examination can identify undiagnosed heart conditions in healthy children and adolescents, according to a pilot study from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. An echocardiography study was also found to be useful.
March 17, 2011
The Profit Center: Part 19 -- How to shield against 'weaponized' RFPs
By Mark F. Weiss
In a quest to get more for less, more hospitals are using a "weaponized" form of the request for proposal (RFP), designed to get a group to grovel for the continuation of its contract, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss.
March 16, 2011
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Cardiac imaging docs form imaging service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A number of cardiac imaging luminaries have teamed up to form the Transcontinental Cardiovascular Core Laboratory.
March 15, 2011
Triaging could halve MRI use for degenerative spine disorders
By Rosemary Frei
QUEBEC CITY - The number of MRI scans used to diagnose degenerative spine disorders could be cut in half if advanced practice physiotherapists triage patients before imaging is ordered, according to a presentation at the Canadian Spine Society annual meeting this week.
March 15, 2011
Medical audits help breast centers track performance
By Kate Madden Yee
LAS VEGAS - Just hearing the word "audit" can make radiologists at even the most organized imaging practices start to sweat. But if an audit is done well, it can actually support -- and even promote -- a facility's radiology services, according to a presentation at the National Consortium of Breast Centers meeting this week.
March 14, 2011
NVIDIA debuts new graphics display
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Graphic-processor developer NVIDIA has launched its new NVIDIA Quadro 2000D graphics display for professional medical imaging environments.
March 14, 2011
ACR: Mammo readers wanted
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology's (ACR) Image Metrix contract research organization is looking for radiologists to read mammograms at the ACR Clinical Research Center in Philadelphia for three days in May through July.
March 14, 2011
OIA expands in 5 states
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging center developer Outpatient Imaging Affiliates (OIA) has acquired seven outpatient imaging centers from Diagnostic Health in Tennessee, Alabama, and Colorado. The terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
March 14, 2011
USPSTF names new leadership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has changed its top leadership, with new physicians with backgrounds in family medicine, pediatrics, and geriatrics taking over the chair and co-vice chair positions.
March 13, 2011
Medipattern scores $3M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm Medipattern has completed a $3 million Canadian ($3 million U.S.) financing transaction.
March 13, 2011
Rad therapy groups plan Capitol Hill visit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Professional societies that represent radiation oncology service providers and cancer survivors are taking their case to Congress, sponsoring a briefing on March 31 for members of Congress and their staffs on the role of radiation oncology in the war on cancer.
March 13, 2011
RadNet grows Q4 revenue, net income
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider RadNet reported 10% growth in revenue and an increase in net income in the company's fourth quarter.
March 13, 2011
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