Practice Management: Page 719

Report: U.S. healthcare spending slows
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. healthcare spending in 2007 slowed to the lowest yearly increase since 1988, according to a new report published by researchers from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
January 5, 2009
Internal mammary node biopsies needed for better RT planning
By Cynthia E. Keen
A large study of breast cancer patients reveals that only 5% of patients with cancer-positive internal mammary nodes who receive radiation therapy (RT) will die of breast cancer recurrence within five years. This survival rate is comparable to patients with positive axillary lymph nodes who receive radiation therapy.
December 30, 2008
Radiation oncology lawsuit; a year-end thank you
By Brian Casey
December 29, 2008
Lawsuit hits Canadian cancer center for radiation therapy errors
By Cynthia E. Keen
A Canadian cancer center has been hit with a class action lawsuit claiming that hundreds of patients received improper levels of radiation during radiation therapy treatments over a three-year period.
December 29, 2008
COACH, HIMSS establish new professional credential
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian Organization for Advancement of Computers in Health (COACH), Canada's not-for-profit health informatics association, has collaborated with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), to establish a new professional credential for healthcare informatics professionals.
December 24, 2008
CT installed base triples in cardiology practices
By Rick Dana Barlow
Cardiologists across the U.S. have been so enthralled with CT that they've tripled the modality's installed base of units within cardiology practices in the past two years, according to a new report scheduled by market research firm IMV Medical Information Division.
December 22, 2008
2008 12 22 14 19 54 33 2008 12 23 Ct Units
NY Times: CyberKnife Medicare coverage varies in U.S.
By Cynthia E. Keen
Medicare payments for the treatment of prostate cancer using CyberKnife radiosurgery vary widely by geography, according to an article published by the New York Times on December 17. Men in a number of U.S. states have no Medicare coverage for CyberKnife treatments, according to the article.
December 22, 2008
GE launches PQRI initiative, upgrades Centricity Business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has unveiled an initiative designed to simplify physician participation in Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).
December 21, 2008
Survey forecasts drop in capital purchasing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new survey of radiology department managers regarding their imaging equipment purchasing plans in 2009 indicates that a majority are planning to reduce spending on equipment in response to the economic downturn.
December 17, 2008
Alliance Imaging buys Shared PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services firm Alliance Imaging has acquired mobile and fixed-site PET/CT provider Shared PET Imaging.
December 17, 2008
Eclipsys taps CMO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare informatics firm Eclipsys has named Dr. Tobias Samo as chief medical officer (CMO).
December 16, 2008
CT utilization spikes among nonradiologists
By Kate Madden Yee
In the history of medical imaging turf wars, the primary battlegrounds have been in modalities such as echocardiography, musculoskeletal MRI, and nuclear cardiology. You can now add CT to the list, according to a new study that indicates CT procedure volume is spiking among nonradiologists.
December 16, 2008
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