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MRI accident data: You don't know more than you think you do
The number of accidents in MRI suites may be vastly underestimated by regulatory bodies and facilities, according to some industry experts. As a result, accident prevention is being shrugged off as economically unjustifiable. MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk explains why, given the potential for significant revenue loss and repair bills from MRI accidents, increasing the perceived level of risk and facility liability would justify implementing safety improvements.
October 26, 2006
TechniScan names Callahan as clinical director
Ultrasound imaging technology developer TechniScan Medical Systems has appointed Karleen Callahan, Ph.D., as its director of clinical affairs.
October 26, 2006
Initia-RT to launch IGRT tracking device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy treatment developer Initia-RT of Tel Aviv, Israel, will introduce its TrackBeam device at next week's American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Philadelphia.
October 25, 2006
UltraRad partners with CRG Solutions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS provider UltraRad of West Berlin, NJ, has signed an agreement with healthcare technology consulting firm CRG Solutions of Chagrin Falls, OH, to expand its customer support and services.
October 25, 2006
Med Exchange International opens California office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology equipment distributor Med Exchange International has opened a new office in San Diego to meet the demand for radiological equipment in Mexico, South America, and Eastern Europe.
October 24, 2006
Inappropriate utilization, not unit cost, imperils radiology
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
PHOENIX - There's an elephant in the radiology department and no one wants to acknowledge its presence. The elephant in the room is the inappropriate ordering of imaging services. The unprecedented growth of diagnostic imaging due to inappropriate imaging orders in the past few years has placed it in the center of the reimbursement reduction bull's-eye, according to a presentation at this week's Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) meeting.
October 24, 2006
Unger steps down at ImaRx
Biopharmaceutical company ImaRx Therapeutics of Tucson, AZ, is reporting that Dr. Evan Unger is stepping down from his positions as president and CEO of the company.
October 23, 2006
iCAD hires new VP for R&D
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD of Nashua, NH, has named Jonathan Go as senior vice president of research and development.
October 23, 2006
Schaumburg promoted to top post at UltraSPECT
Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT has promoted John Schaumburg to the post of president.
October 23, 2006
ACR remains optimistic as clock winds down on DRA implementation
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
PHOENIX - Time is definitely running out for practices to stave off massive reimbursement cuts mandated by the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005. But the American College of Radiology and a consortium of manufacturers, patient advocates, and other physician specialties are still working to repeal the DRA or delay its implementation, according to a presentation at this week's Radiology Business Management Association meeting.
October 23, 2006
Chest x-ray lung CAD reimbursement picks up
By Cynthia E. Keen
An early analysis of a nine-month period of billing conducted by a healthcare consulting firm determined that chest x-ray CAD is reimbursed by 52 national, regional, and local payors representing over 60 million covered lives.
October 23, 2006
Mallinckrodt supports RT student program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical supplier Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt of St. Louis is once again underwriting an awards program that recognizes excellence among radiologic technologist students.
October 22, 2006
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