Practice Management: Page 852

Sonora, Fischer to launch German probe repair unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sonora Medical Systems of Longmont, CO, has signed an exclusive license and supply agreement with German ultrasound service and after-market system provider Fischer Medizintechnik.
March 29, 2006
AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #40: Lead time for scheduling a screening mammography appointment
As of this 2005 study of approximately 1,000 hospital and nonhospital sites performing mammography procedures in the U.S., 21% of the sites indicate that the typical lead time to schedule a screening mammography appointment is less than a day, 52% from one day to one week, 20% from one week to one month, and 7% have a typical lead time of over one month.
March 29, 2006
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WHO report: X-ray insufficient for TB diagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Chest radiography is not specific enough to act as the sole test for tuberculosis (TB), yet it is still overutilized by physicians assessing for the disease, according to the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC) guidelines.
March 28, 2006
Quest touts mammo clearance for Totoku LCD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Monitor distributor Quest International said that Totoku's ME511L has been given U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for use in all digital mammography applications.
March 27, 2006
Increasing patient satisfaction seen in reduced wait times
Reducing wait times and improving patient flow can significantly increase patient satisfaction, as one Texas diagnostic breast center discovered. After a thorough assessment of its processes and with the help of its staff to implement some changes, the center found that patient satisfaction rates improved dramatically.
March 27, 2006
PET registry primed for takeoff
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
ORLANDO, FL - The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), which debuted last year at the Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) annual meeting, holds the promise of broadening the scope of the types of oncologic PET scans that can be conducted on Medicare patients. Dr. Barry Siegel from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis presented an update on the status of the project at the 2006 AMI meeting on Sunday.
March 26, 2006
House Demos criticize Bush on DRA signing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The controversy over the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 is turning into a political issue in the ongoing tug-of-war between Democrats and Republicans in Washington, DC. Two Democratic Congressional representatives have sent a letter to President George W. Bush, asking whether he knew that the legislation was flawed when he signed it into law.
March 23, 2006
OnCURE bolsters management ranks
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Outpatient radiation therapy provider OnCURE Medical of Newport Beach, CA, has added three vice presidents to its management team.
March 23, 2006
New managing director for Ferrania UK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ferrania Imaging Technologies has named Ian Wilson as its Ferrania UK managing director.
March 23, 2006
VSM revenues rise, losses fall in 2005
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech of Vancouver, British Columbia, posted an increase in revenues and trimmed its losses for the 2005 fiscal year (end-December 31).
March 23, 2006
Singapore's screening program sets SE Asian benchmark
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Getting women to take advantage of nationwide breast cancer screening programs is a big job, even in smaller countries. However, small size does offer several advantages to implementing a comprehensive program, which the creators of BreastScreen Singapore (BSS) utilized to their nation's benefit.
March 23, 2006
Class action suit initiated against Merge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin against Merge Healthcare.
March 22, 2006
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