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Cytogen adds to management team
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical developer Cytogen has appointed Thomas Lytle as senior vice president of sales and marketing.
April 8, 2004
Lessons learned from an IT network outage
By Brian Casey
It is every IT manager's worst nightmare -- a network outage that brings down a hospital's entire data infrastructure for days. But while an IT network outage can be a major headache, it doesn't have to be a disaster, according to those who have been there
April 8, 2004
Days-long downtime spurs disaster recovery tune-up
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
In mid-November 2002, IT executives Alice Lee and Cathy Ball of CareGroup Healthcare System in Boston experienced the nightmare of a three-day complete system outage at their facility. In a presentation at the 2004 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, FL, the duo shared the lessons they learned.
April 7, 2004
AIUM restates opposition to nonmedical ultrasound use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) issued a statement today reaffirming its opposition to the use of "entertainment" ultrasound.
April 6, 2004
NightHawk raises $25 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Off-hours teleradiology services provider NightHawk Radiology Services has received an investment of $25 million from private equity and venture capital firm Summit Partners.
April 6, 2004
CMS expands outpatient reimbursement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized hospitals to receive special payments under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for three additional drugs and four additional services as new technologies in the outpatient setting.
April 5, 2004
InSight buys 21 imaging centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider InSight Health Services has completed the purchase of 21 diagnostic imaging centers in the U.S., according to the Lake Forest, CA-based firm.
April 5, 2004
Vale do Javari: One of the world's last wild places
By Brian Casey
The Vale do Javari is an isolated region in the Amazon jungle of Brazil, covering about 20.7 million acres between the Ituí and Itaquaí rivers along the border with Peru and Colombia. The region is home to more than 50 tribal cultures, some of whom have never been contacted by the outside world -- and many of whom who hope that it stays that way.
April 1, 2004
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Expedition brings radiology to heart of Amazon
By Brian Casey
It's a jungle out there for radiology -- literally. In a story that could have been ripped from an Indiana Jones movie, a Brazilian expedition is set to depart next week for the darkest reaches of the Amazon rainforest. The intrepid team will use medical imaging technology to find and diagnose diseases that are threatening some of the most remote indigenous peoples on the planet.
April 1, 2004
Imaging and informed consent: What radiologists need to know to protect themselves
In radiology, a new invention emerges every day. But keeping up with the latest technologies is a very unfunny burden that befalls every doctor. Why? Physicians have a legal responsibility to inform their patients of all their diagnostic and treatment options. When they do not, they can be sued for violating the "reasonable patient rule" of their duty to obtain informed consent.
April 1, 2004
Parsons to lead ASRT in 2005-2006
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has selected Catherine L. Parsons, R.T.(R)(M)(QM) as president-elect for the June 2005-June 2006 term. She will take office at the Albuquerque, NM, society's annual meeting in Dallas.
March 31, 2004
Prioritizing data with information life cycle management
Robert Terdeman of Rogers Communications shares how his Toronto group deployed an information life cycle management strategy, building a single information repository that serves multiple users and seamlessly matches information to the most appropriate storage resources.
March 31, 2004
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