Practice Management: Page 750

NAS CFO resigns
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) said that senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) James Klingler has resigned, effective March 21.
March 4, 2008
CAD vendors hope FDA hearings will clear approval bottleneck
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today began a two-day set of hearings that could result in major changes to the way the agency regulates computer-aided detection (CAD) technology. Industry experts are hoping the hearings will clear up a logjam of delayed regulatory applications for CAD software that has been building since last year.
March 3, 2008
Want to survive in a post-DRA world? Start talking
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. government's perceptions of imaging and its increasing use is contributing to the sober reimbursement outlook for radiology this year -- and driving proactive lobbying efforts to educate Congress in the coming months. By becoming savvy about how the reimbursement game is played, radiology practices can improve their chances of financial viability, according to a recent presentation at a Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) conference in San Francisco.
March 3, 2008
Canadian firm completes imaging center chain purchase
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian healthcare firm CML HealthCare Income Fund has finalized its acquisition of American Radiology Services (ARS) from buyout firm Advent International.
March 2, 2008
MGH/Brigham system moves briskly toward 100% EMR adoption
By Wayne Forrest
Partners Community Healthcare is well on its way to achieving the ambitious goal of having all its physicians connected to an electronic medical record (EMR) system by 2009. The healthcare system, which includes Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, first initiated the EMR adoption plan in 2002 and soon expects 100% adoption. Partners information technology executives recently detailed how the system brought community physicians on board with adopting EMRs.
March 2, 2008
RamSoft executive dies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A U.S. executive of Canadian PACS vendor Ramsoft has died. Paul Vilary, national sales director and general manager of Ramsoft USA, was killed in a car accident Thursday, according to the Toronto-based firm.
February 28, 2008
ORQA lands Kentucky deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Risk management software developer ORQA of Peoria, IL, has signed a deal to provide its peer-review software to a radiology group in Kentucky.
February 28, 2008
Aspyra appoints interim CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare information technology firm Aspyra has named Jim Zierick as interim CEO.
February 27, 2008
Job survey shows growing sonographer demand
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new job survey released this week shows higher demand for sonographer jobs, although radiologic technologists in other modalities may not be as fortunate.
February 27, 2008
IsoRay chief executive steps down
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The chief executive of medical isotope developer IsoRay of Richland, WA, has left the company.
February 26, 2008
Eklin hires sales VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Veterinary imaging provider Eklin Medical Systems of Santa Clara, CA, has hired medical imaging veteran Robert Royea as vice president of worldwide sales.
February 26, 2008
InSight to sell six California centers to RadNet
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider InSight Health Services plans to sell six diagnostic imaging centers in California, the company reported.
February 25, 2008
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