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Medical Management Professionals adds to client list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Billing and practice management services provider Medical Management Professionals (MMP) has received a contract from Diagnostic Imaging Associates (DIA) of Shreveport, LA.
March 9, 2008
Part XVIII: Exploring PACS Secrets -- Hiding out in plain view: PACS at HIMSS
By Michael J. Cannavo
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting was once again in Orlando, FL, and this year PACS consultant Michael J. Cannavo was there. He shares his thoughts on the show from a PACS point of view -- everything from cardiology PACS and peripherals to the lack of PACS educational sessions.
March 9, 2008
Merge settles lawsuit
By Erik L. Ridley
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has forged an agreement with the plaintiff and other defendants in a derivative action complaint against the Milwaukee-based firm.
March 6, 2008
American Cancer Society recognizes virtual colonoscopy screening benefit
By Erik L. Ridley
Virtual colonoscopy got a major boost today following the decision by the American Cancer Society to add the study to its screening guidelines for colorectal cancer. The decision could pave the way for broad acceptance of virtual colonography as a screening tool and widespread reimbursement by third-party payors.
March 4, 2008
Elekta completes CMS purchase
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has closed on its acquisition of radiation treatment planning firm CMS of St. Louis.
March 4, 2008
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
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