Practice Management: Page 627

U.S. PACS market rides on replacement sales
By Erik L. Ridley
With more than 99% of hospitals with 100 beds or more already using PACS, market growth will need to come from sales of replacement systems. Fortunately, nearly two-thirds of these hospitals plan to expand or upgrade their PACS during the next three years, says a new report from IMV Medical Information Division.
June 24, 2010
Patient kiosks deliver benefits to imaging centers
By Cynthia E. Keen
As imaging informatics tools steadily automate many functions of radiology departments and imaging centers, patient kiosks could become a front-office fixture. Hospital admissions and other departments have been early adopters, but radiology facilities are also starting to use kiosks to their workflow and financial advantage.
June 24, 2010
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Suit seeks to block Covidien, ev3 deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A shareholder has filed a suit against ev3 to block the interventional device firm's acquisition by healthcare technology firm Covidien.
June 23, 2010
Stanford rad tapped as White House Fellow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiologist from Stanford University has been tapped as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the President, the first radiologist to be appointed to the program, according to the American College of Radiology of Reston, VA.
June 23, 2010
MedCurrent adds OrderRight, new execs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare practice management firm MedCurrent has released MedCurrent OrderRight, which links payors, imaging facilities, and physicians with e-ordering technology for patient-specific medical appropriateness information and automated payor preauthorization.
June 23, 2010
HIMSS launches HIMSS Analytics Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has announced the formation of HIMSS Analytics Europe to provide healthcare organizations, governments, and IT companies with data resources and services for adopting and using healthcare IT in Europe.
June 23, 2010
Spanish rad society joins ARRS global program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Spanish Society of Radiology will participate in the American Roentgen Ray Society's (ARRS) 2011 annual meeting as part of the ARRS Global Exchange Program.
June 22, 2010
Intermountain hires Ivy Ventures
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intermountain Healthcare has hired Ivy Ventures as its long-term strategic partner to grow its outpatient imaging services business.
June 22, 2010
MedPAC: Self-referral has sparked growth in imaging use
By Kate Madden Yee
In a new report to the U.S. Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) suggests that the in-office exception to the Stark anti-self-referral law may not be achieving its intended goal, and, instead, may be contributing to unnecessary use of ancillary healthcare services such as medical imaging.
June 22, 2010
Philips completes Mass. installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has installed its Panorama High Field Open (HFO) MR scanner with the company's Ambient Experience environment at Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, MA.
June 21, 2010
House holds SGR fix hostage to jobs bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
House Democratic leaders said yesterday they will not vote on the Senate's six-month fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula until the Senate passes jobs legislation, according to the Congressional Quarterly.
June 21, 2010
Mammography screening hard-hit by economic downturn
By Kate Madden Yee
Mammography advocates have been concerned about the impact of last November's screening recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. But it turns out that the economy is having a much bigger effect on screening.
June 21, 2010
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