Practice Management: Page 609

EANM issues radiation therapy rules for PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) has released new guidelines for PET scanning in oncology radiation therapy.
September 30, 2010
RadNet completes eRad acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider RadNet has completed its $1.8 million acquisition of Image Medical, the parent of PACS firm eRad.
September 30, 2010
MedQuist secures financing deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist has entered into definitive agreements for $310 million in financing.
September 30, 2010
ACR, ARRS to restructure alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) have begun to restructure their strategic integration.
September 30, 2010
Calif. governor signs medical radiation bill into law
By Eric Barnes
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California on Wednesday signed a medical radiation protection bill into law, paving the way for implementation of the first state law in the U.S. aimed at protecting patients from excessive radiation exposure received during CT scans and radiation therapy procedures.
September 29, 2010
ACRIN scores AHRQ grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has been awarded a grant by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to compare the outcomes of patients with stable angina using two different imaging methods.
September 29, 2010
ACR endorses mammo for women 40-49
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is endorsing a Swedish study published online in Cancer that confirms that annual mammography screening of women in their 40s reduces the breast cancer death rate in this population by nearly 30%.
September 29, 2010
ONC clarifies 'meaningful use' certification rules
By Cynthia E. Keen
"Meaningful use" has become the holy grail of healthcare IT -- the standard that providers must achieve to receive stimulus funds. U.S. regulators recently issued final rules that define how they view meaningful use, but the guidelines raise almost as many questions as they answer.
September 29, 2010
AAOS recommends against vertebroplasty
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
For the first time, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has released a clinical practice guideline that strongly discourages the use of vertebroplasty as a method for treating spine fractures.
September 28, 2010
Incidental findings during research: rare, but need follow-up
By Cynthia E. Keen
A new study published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine indicates that incidental findings frequently occur on imaging studies performed for medical research. Although only a few of these findings turn out to be clinically significant, it's important for research centers to have a plan for dealing with them.
September 28, 2010
Lawsuits filed after NightHawk, VRad deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A spate of shareholder lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the September 24 announcement that Virtual Radiologic would buy fellow teleradiology services firm NightHawk Radiology Services.
September 27, 2010
ACR unveils CT accreditation program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new streamlined CT accreditation program from the American College of Radiology (ACR) will cut the time required for CT scanning facilities to get accredited "in half," according to the organization.
September 27, 2010
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