Practice Management: Page 866

GE taps King as company officer
GE Healthcare has named Laura King as a company officer.
January 3, 2006
Agfa selects Elion as chief medical officer
Agfa HealthCare has named Dr. Jonathan Elion to the newly created position of chief medical officer, the Mortsel, Belgium-based company reported.
January 2, 2006
Positron taps new president
PET vendor Positron has tapped a new president, Joseph Oliverio, replacing Griffith Miller in the position.
December 28, 2005
Radiologists can maintain visual acuity in filmless environment
By Erik L. Ridley
While radiologists working in filmless departments don't experience degradation in visual acuity during the course of an average workday, a fraction of them may unknowingly be reading studies with less-than-perfect vision, according to researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
December 28, 2005
Downstream systems integration key to CPOE effectiveness
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Facilities that implement a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system without integrating it with other clinical application systems shortchange the product's potential, and also create a point where errors can be introduced, according to researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
December 28, 2005
Oregon imaging center suit dismisses some claims
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A suit brought by two imaging centers fighting to remain part of an Oregon preferred-provider network was narrowed when the plaintiffs dismissed its claims against some defendants named in the action.
December 26, 2005
Thermo USCS changes name
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Equipment asset management firm Thermo USCS of Brookfield, WI, has rebranded itself as Thermo Asset Management Services.
December 26, 2005
Impac to release CMS 2006 Quality of Care product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology information systems developer Impac Medical Systems announced plans to release CMS 2006 Quality of Care, an updated product for its oncology electronic medical record (EMR) designed to support the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2006 oncology demonstration project.
December 26, 2005
Radiology rises to the occasion for Katrina survivors and victims
While medical professionals in New Orleans tried to hold down the fort during Hurricane Katrina, those stationed in the nearby cities of Gulfport, MS, and Houston were called upon to set up emergency healthcare services. Of course, imaging services were mandatory. AuntMinnie.com spoke with three healthcare specialists who answered the call during those frantic days after the storm hit.
December 26, 2005
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Twenty-nine states pay for some diagnostic VC
By Eric Barnes
Slow and steady is winning the race for virtual colonoscopy. As of this month, 29 states have finalized local coverage decisions at the Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee level authorizing VC reimbursement after incomplete colonoscopy. And during the first quarter of 2006, local coverage decisions are pending approval in six more states.
December 22, 2005
Dual eligibles: Rarely mentioned, critically important
December 21, 2005
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Congress passes "drastic" cuts to imaging payments
By Brian Casey
December 21, 2005
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