Practice Management: Page 659

Law firms 'investigate' Amicas deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The proposal by PACS software developer Amicas to be taken private by a Chicago-based equity firm has spawned a series of "investigations" by law firms specializing in securities litigation.
December 28, 2009
Acacia licenses PACS patents to NovaRad
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS vendor NovaRad has licensed patents related to PACS technology from patent holding company Acacia Research and its Hospital Systems subsidiary.
December 28, 2009
Obama signs SGR fix legislation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a defense appropriations bill that includes a provision postponing the implementation of physician payment cuts mandated by Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
December 22, 2009
Toshiba unit taps Dempster
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging industry veteran Paul Dempster has been named director of medical imaging and factory automation at Toshiba America's Imaging Systems Division.
December 22, 2009
GE sues Danish radiologist
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has filed a libel suit against a Danish radiologist, alleging that he made false accusations about the company.
December 22, 2009
SNM supports SGR rate fix
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging organization SNM has applauded the U.S. Congress' approval of a fix to freeze the sustainable growth rate (SGR) factor at the 2009 rate for physicians.
December 22, 2009
NeuroGrafix claims IMRIS patent infringement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI software developer NeuroGrafix is claiming that Canadian intraoperative MRI technology developer IMRIS has developed technology that infringes on its patents for diffusion tensor imaging technology.
December 20, 2009
Primo tapped again for MITA committee
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare executive Henri "Rik" Primo has been re-elected to chair the Medical Imaging Informatics section of the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA).
December 20, 2009
NightHawk hit with shareholder suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services provider NightHawk Radiology has been hit with a shareholder lawsuit.
December 20, 2009
VA lowers estimate of patients affected by brachytherapy mistakes
By Cynthia E. Keen
Officials from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) last week said that fewer patients than originally estimated were affected by alleged errors during brachytherapy treatments at a Philadelphia VA facility. At the same time, VA officials also apologized for the treatment mistakes.
December 20, 2009
SenoRx claims victory in patent suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast brachytherapy developer SenoRx is claiming victory in patent litigation with women's imaging vendor Hologic over breast brachytherapy technology.
December 20, 2009
Postcards from the edge: Tracking falls in outpatient radiology
By Kate Madden Yee
When you think about hazards to patients in the imaging suite, the most likely candidates might be radiation overdose, contrast reactions, or magnet-related MRI injuries. But a new study presented at the recent RSNA meeting found that patient falls are actually a fairly common cause of injury to patients in outpatient radiology.
December 20, 2009
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