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Mammography as an outpatient revenue generator? You bet
By Kate Madden Yee
Amidst reports that mammography use is down and fewer radiologists want to specialize in the modality, the idea that mammography, specifically digital, could be a revenue generator for outpatient centers may come as a surprise. But some say breast imaging has reached a turning point, and with a streamlined workflow process, outpatient imaging facilities can make mammography pay.
April 8, 2009
MarketStat #55: Hard-copy film use at sites with digital mammography units
Of the sites that have digital mammography units, 86% indicate that primary diagnosis is done using soft copy only (e.g., filmless, done using the image monitor) and 14% say that primary diagnosis is also done using film.
April 8, 2009
2009 04 07 15 51 32 58 Marketstat 55
Acacia inks new licensing deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Subsidiaries of patent holding company Acacia Research have signed deals to license patents to several PACS and display companies.
April 7, 2009
U.K. report published on acceptable dose to pregnant women
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
With the exception of CT exams, the risk of cancer to a fetus caused by radiation dose exposure from a diagnostic imaging procedure is far less than the natural risk of childhood cancer, a report by the U.K. Health Protection Agency advises.
April 7, 2009
Scripps takes GE Centricity Enterprise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has implemented its Centricity Enterprise version 6.1 at Scripps Health, a multihospital system in San Diego.
April 7, 2009
Pediatric informatics director honored by HIMSS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dr. Brian Jacobs was awarded the 2008 HIMSS Physician IT Leadership Award at the 2009 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting.
April 7, 2009
HIV case probed in tainted colonoscope investigation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating whether there's a link between a patient's positive HIV test and unsterilized colonoscopy equipment that may have exposed thousands of veterans to infectious diseases.
April 6, 2009
Broadlane inks GPO contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Group purchasing organization (GPO) Broadlane has signed a contract with MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, IL, to become the exclusive provider of supply chain services for the facility's approximately $25 million budget.
April 6, 2009
Canada Infoway adds clinical integration VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canada Health Infoway has appointed Lynne Zucker as vice president, clinical systems integration.
April 6, 2009
iMedica shows EHR, selects VPs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare software developer iMedica has launched its new Transition electronic health record (EHR) and practice management system.
April 6, 2009
Adding chest CT to VC not cost-effective, study finds
By Eric Barnes
Adding a chest CT scan to screening virtual colonoscopy isn't cost-effective in a cohort of average-risk patients, a new model-based analysis concluded. Although the additional anatomic coverage increased the clinical efficiency of CT-based screening, the combined test would not detect enough serious pathology to cover the costs of detection and follow-up of disease.
April 6, 2009
Could decision-support software help radiology fend off RBMs?
By Brian Casey
CHICAGO - One of the (many) trends vexing medical imaging is the rise of radiology benefits management (RBM) firms. But decision-support software could give physicians the tools they need to more effectively order imaging studies without the heavy-handed oversight that RBMs typically use, according to a presentation at this week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society meeting.
April 6, 2009
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