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GE taps new European head
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has promoted Jean Michel Malbrancq to president and CEO of GE Healthcare for Europe.
January 4, 2011
CAD may drive chest DR screening for tuberculosis
By Erik L. Ridley
A prototype computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm for tuberculosis (TB) developed by Dutch researchers performed well in a pilot study, offering hope that the software could enable the use of chest digital radiography (DR) to screen for TB in areas with a high burden of the disease but not many skilled readers.
January 4, 2011
Clinical decision-support tools reduce unnecessary imaging
By Cynthia E. Keen
An integrated delivery network in Seattle achieved a more than 20% reduction in the number of orders for three commonly performed imaging exams by implementing internally developed decision-support software, according to an article in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
January 4, 2011
RadNet completes Imaging On Call buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider RadNet today completed its $5.5 million acquisition of teleradiology firm Imaging On Call.
January 3, 2011
WHITIA touts Guatemala installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The nonprofit World Health Imaging, Telemedicine, and Informatics Alliance (WHITIA) has completed the installation of digital x-ray systems at pilot sites in Guatemala.
January 3, 2011
CMS begins EHR online registration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this week began online registration for its electronic health record (EHR) incentive program.
January 3, 2011
Large study shows exams using radiation are common in children
By Eric Barnes
Children undergo many imaging procedures involving radiation, concludes a new study from the University of Michigan and other U.S. centers. The three-year study covering more than 350,000 children with health insurance showed that the subjects received, on average, three scans involving radiation over the study period.
January 3, 2011
Nonrads now cost Medicare more for imaging; study tracks kids' imaging exposure
By Brian Casey
January 3, 2011
CMS issues MPFS conversion update
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made another adjustment to the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), the agency said.
January 3, 2011
Nonradiologists now eat up more of Medicare's imaging pie
By Kate Madden Yee
Medicare payments for diagnostic imaging to nonradiologist physicians -- especially cardiologists -- have surpassed payments to radiologists, according to a new study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
January 3, 2011
Radisphere adds to client list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Radisphere National Radiology Group has signed Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center of Leitchfield, KY, as a new customer.
January 2, 2011
Faculty dispute at University of Iowa goes public
By Brian Casey
A dispute between radiology faculty at the University of Iowa has gone public, with a professor charging in local newspapers that the department's chair called him an "academic terrorist" and retaliated against him for filing a discrimination complaint with the university.
January 2, 2011
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