Practice Management: Page 993

Algotec signs Kane
PACS firm Algotec of Raanana, Israel has named PACS industry veteran George Kane as vice president of sales.
April 3, 2003
Planmed, SourceOne link up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography vendor Planmed of Addison, IL, and imaging equipment distributor SourceOne Healthcare Technologies have entered into an agreement to distribute Planmed’s line of products.
April 3, 2003
Imaging centers offer solution to hospital economic pressures
By Brian Casey
Hospital radiology departments can successfully address economic pressures by sending outpatient imaging studies to freestanding imaging centers, without any decrease in quality of service. That’s the opinion of imaging economics expert Dr. Thomas Dehn, who spoke on the topic at a conference this week in Philadelphia.
April 3, 2003
InSight completes California imaging center buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider InSight Health Services has completed its acquisition of 13 diagnostic imaging centers in Southern California, formerly owned by the Comprehensive Medical Imaging subsidiaries of Cardinal Health of Dublin, OH.
April 2, 2003
Imaging centers ready to handle cost-conscious market
By Erik L. Ridley
PHILADELPHIA - The diversion of outpatient imaging studies from hospitals to freestanding imaging centers can apparently be achieved without reducing the quality of service, according to a presenter at the Advancing Radiology Imaging Services and Operations meeting.
April 2, 2003
USCS brings AmeriNet affiliate on board
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical equipment asset management provider USCS Equipment Technology Solutions of Brookfield, WI, has signed an agreement with AmeriNet affiliate Health Resources Services (HRS) of Seattle to provide its Lifecycle Managed Maintenance Program to the network’s hospitals.
April 2, 2003
Insurance companies accused of fraud
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Insurance regulators in Florida and Oregon have shut down several companies that were allegedly selling bogus malpractice insurance policies.
April 1, 2003
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Using PET to tailor antidepressant dosage
By Robert Bruce
UCLA neuroscientists used PET to determine the effectiveness of paroxetine (Paxil) in treating obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) versus major depression. The study, in the March 2003 American Journal of Psychiatry, compares neurobiological predictors of response to the same treatment of these disorders.
April 1, 2003
Patient notification letters: How to keep them hush-hush and HIPAA-compliant
By Leslie Farnsworth
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has the industry questioning its every move. Telephone calls, faxes, and letters are all being reconsidered. So how can facilities reconcile the need for secure patient information with the need to notify patients of their test results?
April 1, 2003
U.S. standardizes electronic information exchange
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Defense (DoD), and Veterans Affairs (VA) have released the first set of uniform standards for the electronic exchange of clinical health information, to be adopted across the U.S. government.
March 31, 2003
CTF inks distribution deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VSM MedTech subsidiary CTF Systems has signed three U.S. distribution agreements for sales of its Omega line of magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems.
March 30, 2003
Creative collaboration may ease professional shortage
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
March 30, 2003
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