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A practical approach to HIPAA security compliance
Radiology administrators face a multiplicity of issues in the task of ensuring HIPAA security compliance at their facilities. Challenges range from a lack of access control to nonexistent audit information. Adopting a practical approach, however, can help administrators address these security compliance issues.
February 9, 2005
Per-Se adds Carolina customer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare information systems provider Per-Se Technologies has landed a contract to provide accounts-receivable management services for Charleston Radiologists, a Charleston, SC-based radiology group.
February 8, 2005
Imcor nets patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Imcor Pharmaceutical of San Diego has received a U.S. patent for a method of forming stabilized microbubbles using perfluorocarbons and other gases in various membrane-forming materials.
February 8, 2005
ASTRO offers patient info for gynecologic cancers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has developed an up-to-date brochure that explains the role of radiation therapy in treating cancers of the uterine, vagina, and cervix.
February 8, 2005
Analogic back on Nasdaq
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Nasdaq listings qualification panel has determined that Analogic is now in compliance with requirements for continued listing on the Nasdaq national market, the Peabody, MA-based firm said.
February 7, 2005
AMI, ACRIN partner on PET registry development
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) is working with the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) on the development of a national registry of PET studies to help researchers comply with reimbursement rules promulgated by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week.
February 6, 2005
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Health Language names client services director
Medical vocabulary and coding developer Health Language of Aurora, CO, has named Corinna Czekaj, Ph.D., as its director of client services.
February 3, 2005
Report finds vendors enable excess radiation doses in pediatric CR, DR
By Tracie L. Thompson
Every x-ray tech knows it's important to keep radiation exposure "as low as reasonably achievable," especially in children. But CR and DR systems systematically allow for the overexposure of young patients, according to a report from a 2004 ALARA conference sponsored by the Society for Pediatric Radiology.
February 3, 2005
GE, Guidant offer free screenings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare and interventional device vendor Guidant have partnered to provide complimentary health screenings to the New York City public on National Wear Red Day this Friday.
February 2, 2005
Medtronic infringement ruling reversed
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medtronic said that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has reversed its prior summary judgment ruling finding that the company's S7 and Driver coronary stent products infringed one claim of Guidant's Lau patent.
February 2, 2005
Nucletron appoints de Groot
Radiotherapy provider Nucletron has appointed E. (Bert) H. de Groot as managing director.
February 1, 2005
Studies decipher mammo trends, explore ways to alleviate patient distress
By Shalmali Pal
U.S. mammography centers are doing a moderate amount of double interpretation of images, and they're also charging double for their overall services, according to a study in the latest American Journal of Roentgenology. Another AJR study examined whether relaxation techniques would ease the pain and anxiety of women undergoing mammography.
February 1, 2005
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