Practice Management: Page 982

Confirma hires Smith as medical director
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Confirma of Kirkland, WA, has selected its founder and technology inventor, Dr. Justin Smith, as medical director of the company.
July 21, 2003
ASRT opposed to changes in overtime rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has announced its opposition to a proposed change in U.S. labor law that could eliminate the requirement to pay overtime to professional workers such as RTs.
July 20, 2003
U.K. group advocates breast screening at age 47
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging experts from Cancer Research U.K. believe that mammography screening should start earlier than age 50, the age recommended in most clinical guidelines.
July 16, 2003
Survey finds U.S. radiology compensation up 6%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiologist compensation climbed 6% to average $339,000 in 2002, according to an annual physician compensation and benefits report issued by healthcare consulting and staffing firm Martin, Fletcher.
July 16, 2003
Indian Health Service career offers unique opportunities
By Leslie Farnsworth
The IHS program encompasses more than 100 different healthcare facilities, employing more than 15,000 people from all sectors of medical, social, and environmental health services. However, clinical staff accounts for less than 5,000 of this 15,000 total. In an effort to close that clinical vacany gap, the IHS has launched several recruitment programs.
July 16, 2003
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Researchers use diffusion imaging to trace connections in human brain
By Kate Madden Yee
Investigators from the U.K. explore the connections between the human thalamus and cortex using diffusion MRI data and what they call a probabilistic tractography algorithm.
July 15, 2003
fMRI used to predict post-op language problems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee are using fMRI to predict which patients undergoing brain surgery to treat epilepsy will develop postoperative language-function problems.
July 14, 2003
Toshiba promotes Barack-LaPoint
Toshiba America Medical Systems has appointed Karen Barack-LaPoint as vice president, business operations.
July 13, 2003
'Katie Couric effect' raises colon screening rates
By Eric Barnes
A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that significantly higher screening rates, dubbed the "Katie Couric effect," persisted throughout the U.S. for at least nine months after the Today show episode in which the popular host underwent colon cancer screening.
July 13, 2003
Salary offers to radiologists jump 11%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The ongoing shortage of radiologists is having an impact on salaries in the specialty, with average salary offers to radiologists growing 11% this year, according to physician search firm Merritt, Hawkins & Associates of Irving, TX.
July 13, 2003
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Financial modeling assesses viability of imaging center venture
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Imaging centers in the U.S. can be profitable, but the landscape is littered with ventures that have failed to capitalize on current market forces. One element common among imaging center failures is an inadequate analysis of financial factors.
July 13, 2003
Epix completes final phase III trials on MRA contrast agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer Epix Medical of Cambridge, MA, said that its investigational magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) agent MS-325 met all primary endpoints in a phase III trial of patients with suspected vascular disease in the renal and pedal arteries.
July 10, 2003
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