Practice Management: Page 656

NIA debuts cardiac management program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management firm National Imaging Associates (NIA) has added a cardiac management program to its portfolio.
February 16, 2010
InSight's Q2 revenues slide
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A larger than anticipated decline in revenues from contract services adversely affected financial results for imaging services provider InSight Health Services in the second quarter of fiscal year 2010.
February 16, 2010
Medweb donates to Haitian relief
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Medweb has donated three PACS servers to the relief effort for earthquake victims in Haiti.
February 16, 2010
PET/CT cost-effective for head, neck squamous cell carcinoma
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/CT is not only most effective for pretreatment screening of distant metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, the combined modalities do so with no additional costs to healthcare providers, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
February 16, 2010
The Great Recession and radiology salaries; malpractice risk and communication
By Brian Casey
February 15, 2010
Highest breast cancer decline seen in affluent white women
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast cancer rates may be declining overall, but affluent white women are seeing the most significant declines, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health.
February 15, 2010
Communication failure: A surefire route to malpractice court
By Kate Madden Yee
What if radiologists knew that failure to communicate radiologic findings to referring physicians is a factor in 80% of malpractice lawsuits? And payment to plaintiffs in these kinds of cases averaged $1.9 million per case? Most likely, they'd ramp up their communication efforts.
February 15, 2010
ACR's RTOG names Bradley to committee chair
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology's (ACR) Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has named Dr. Jeffrey D. Bradley of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis as chair of its Lung Cancer Committee.
February 14, 2010
VC CAD application does well alone and as reader aid
By Eric Barnes
A new investigational computer-aided detection (CAD) application significantly improves the accuracy of virtual colonoscopy interpretation, both as standalone software without a radiologist and in a real-world, multireader environment.
February 14, 2010
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Medicare cuts don't lead to higher procedure volume
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study published this month found that physicians don't necessarily order more tests to make up for lost revenue in the face of Medicare reimbursement cuts.
February 11, 2010
MITA proposes ways to reduce radiation dose
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has endorsed eight principles to reduce exposure to unnecessary medical radiation, minimize medical errors, and improve reporting of adverse events.
February 10, 2010
Diagnostic Imaging Specialists signs Pyers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography quality control technology developer Diagnostic Imaging Specialists (DISC) has named Patrick Pyers as president.
February 10, 2010
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