Practice Management: Page 702

Breast imagers get savvy as healthcare reform looms
By Cynthia E. Keen
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Breast imagers are reasonably well positioned to ride out the changes healthcare reform will bring in the U.S. However, all radiologists need to be aware of issues relating to proposed healthcare funding legislation and federal healthcare reform, according to a presentation at this week's Society of Breast Imaging postgraduate course.
April 28, 2009
Language translation costs radiology departments time and money
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - The constant change in ethnic diversity in the U.S. is prompting large metropolitan hospitals to allocate more resources to interpretive services to help shepherd patients with limited or no English proficiency through radiologic procedures, according to a presentation Monday at the 2009 American Roentgen Ray Society meeting.
April 26, 2009
Dornier upgrades Opus table
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dornier MedTech has introduced a flat-panel detector for its Opus II UIMS urology table.
April 26, 2009
Report: Whistleblower suit led to Siemens raid
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A whistleblower's lawsuit reportedly is the catalyst behind the U.S. Department of Defense's investigation at Siemens Healthcare's Malvern, PA, headquarters this week.
April 23, 2009
Cultural change cuts errors at Cincinnati Children's
By Marty Graham
CARLSBAD, CA - A safety program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital that emphasized changing the facility's work culture lowered the rate of serious safety events in the radiology department from one every 200 days to one every 839, according to a presentation at this week's Society for Pediatric Radiology meeting.
April 23, 2009
InSight buys Boston imaging centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider InSight Health Services has completed its acquisition of two Boston-area imaging centers.
April 23, 2009
Trastuzumab + RT = no cardiac risk in breast cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women diagnosed with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer can breathe a sigh of relief: Concurrent treatment with radiation therapy (RT) and adjuvant trastuzumab following chemotherapy with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide does not increase the risk of adverse cardiac events.
April 23, 2009
The Profit Center: Part 3 -- Crafting effective employment contracts
By Mark F. Weiss
Writing an effective employment contract can be an important issue for any radiology group that wants smooth relations with its employed radiologists. In this newest installment of the Profit Center, healthcare business and legal expert Mark Weiss tells you how.
April 23, 2009
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ARRS study: Teleradiology expands VC to rural areas
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A pilot program aimed at expanding access to virtual colonoscopy to rural areas in the southwestern U.S. continues to show good results in patients who need colorectal cancer screening, but lack ready access to conventional colonoscopy.
April 22, 2009
CodeRyte partners with Coding Strategies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical coding provider CodeRyte has inked a partnership with auditing, education, and reference consulting firm Coding Strategies.
April 22, 2009
ARRS studies: Education reduces imaging volume, dose
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of unnecessary advanced imaging exams -- as well as patient radiation dose -- can be significantly reduced by educating referring physicians about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of various imaging modalities, according to a pair of studies to be presented at next week's American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.
April 22, 2009
Senate holds healthcare reform meeting
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee held the first of three meetings to discuss healthcare reform on April 21, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR).
April 22, 2009
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