Practice Management: Page 660

Lawsuit hits GE in Alabama CT overdose case
By Eric Barnes
Attorneys in Huntsville, AL, have filed suit in federal court against GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., on behalf of a patient who allegedly received excessive radiation during a CT perfusion head scan for suspected stroke.
December 17, 2009
IBA scores financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has received financing from the European Investment Bank for 50 million euros ($72.5 million U.S.).
December 17, 2009
MRI shows age- and gender-based differences in myocardial motion
By Eric Barnes
People who suspect that men's and women's hearts march to different drummers now have proof from cardiac MRI. Myocardial motion is strongly influenced by gender as well as age, according to researchers from Freiburg, Germany.
December 17, 2009
Evolve, RedRick add ACR install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian PACS furniture provider RedRick Technologies and its U.S. affiliate Evolve Technologies have launched a joint education project with the American College of Radiology (ACR).
December 16, 2009
TechniScan adds Pepper to board
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan has named imaging industry veteran Joe Pepper, Ph.D., to its board of directors.
December 16, 2009
FDA warns of pacemaker, MRI issues
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The magnetic pulses from an MRI scan may mix with the electronic pulses from a pacemaker, potentially endangering a patient undergoing MR-based imaging procedures.
December 16, 2009
House passes short-term fix to SGR cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a 395 to 34 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on December 16 approved a $636 billion fiscal 2010 defense appropriations bill that also will delay Medicare physician payment cuts under the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
December 16, 2009
ACR to CMS: 2010 Physician Fee Schedule badly flawed
By Kate Madden Yee
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released a critique of the proposed physician payment changes for 2010 issued in October by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Reston, VA, society found the agency's proposals to be "badly flawed" and "based on incomplete data."
December 16, 2009
AuntMinnie.com Imaging Center Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
December 16, 2009
Siemens offers IT financing options
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has rolled out new financing options to help healthcare providers implement healthcare IT projects.
December 15, 2009
ACR revises accreditation program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has revised its requirements for medical physicists and MR scientists, effective January 1, 2010.
December 14, 2009
Toshiba, AHRA award grants
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems and the AHRA have awarded six recipients for their second annual Putting Patients First grant program.
December 14, 2009
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