Practice Management: Page 590

Clerical staff shoulders load for critical results reporting
By Cynthia E. Keen
How does a radiology department in a large children's hospital with nine offsite imaging locations manage urgent and critical results reporting efficiently? Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital describe how they do it in an article published online this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 11, 2011
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Radiology practice reports server breach
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiology practice in New Hampshire reported that a computer server with patient data and billing information has been accessed by "an unauthorized third party."
January 10, 2011
PACS veteran Goliash dies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UltraRad CEO and longtime PACS executive Thomas Goliash passed away on January 8.
January 10, 2011
LifeImage scores financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical image sharing firm LifeImage has received $11.8 million in series B financing.
January 10, 2011
Hitachi adds financing partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Medical Systems America has signed an exclusive long-term agreement with financing firm Key Equipment Finance.
January 9, 2011
Calif. rep. heads health subcommittee
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The changing of the guard in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 112th Congress has brought new leadership to House subcommittees overseeing healthcare issues.
January 9, 2011
Cost of radiation therapy for U.S. senior citizens soars
By Cynthia E. Keen
How much is the U.S. government paying for cancer treatment for its senior citizens? From a radiation oncology perspective, the answer is a lot more than it used to pay before sophisticated radiation therapy treatments such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy were developed.
January 9, 2011
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Tornado damage to MRI prompts evacuation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Several roads were closed and homes and businesses evacuated in a section of St. Louis on the evening of January 6 due to the potential threat of an MRI scanner explosion.
January 6, 2011
NQF issues healthcare IT reports
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Quality Forum (NQF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare in the U.S., has published two reports to promote the use of healthcare IT systems.
January 6, 2011
Medicare disclosure rules now in effect
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new Medicare rule requiring physicians to disclose when they refer patients for ancillary services provided in their own offices under the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule has gone into effect as of January 1.
January 5, 2011
Denser breast masses are more malignant; U.K. radiation exposure is lower
By Brian Casey
January 5, 2011
ASE releases echo lab guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has published recommendations and measurable quality standards for echocardiography laboratories in the January issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.
January 5, 2011
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