Models for radiation dose tracking beyond a single health care facility or enterprise exist, and the experiences of these early pioneers can help predict what the next generation of cumulative dose estimation will look like, says Gregory Couch, CEO of Radimetrics. As an example, Couch points to a North American regional health authority in which 10

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When Blessing Hospital, a rural facility in Quincy, Illinois that serves over 250,000 patients annually, added a neurosurgeon who specializes in scoliosis to its roster of over 240 physicians, an addition to its arsenal of radiography equipment was not far behind. Megan Main, RT, a technologist in Blessing Hospital’s radiology department, says, “In

While consideration of the individual facts, circumstances, and local competitive position of each subject imaging center is integral to an accurate business-valuation analysis, a thorough understanding of the state of the imaging industry—particularly the acquisition environment—is crucial to performing an accurate and complete valuation.

On November 25, at the 2012 RSNA annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois, three radiologists presented “Saving Our Profession: How Radiologists Can Thrive in the Era of Health Care Reform.” The suggestions offered by the presenters—Bruce Hillman, MD; Lawrence Muroff, MD; and Norman Beauchamp, MD—varied, but all centered on a common theme: that

As health systems around the country initiate conversations with various constituents about becoming accountable-care organizations (ACOs), consternation in the radiology community continues over exactly what participation from practices might look like. Alan Kaye, MD, CEO of Advanced Radiology Consultants (Fairfield, Connecticut), says, “Almost

At the 2012 Annual Meeting & Leadership Summit of the California Radiological Society in San Francisco, California, Richard Duszak, MD, presented “Physician Performance Measurement and Management: Benefits and Pitfalls” on September 8. He was originally asked to cover measuring physician productivity, but Duszak makes a distinction between

Accuracy in radiology can be difficult to gauge; even interpretation, as the term for a radiologist’s work on an imaging study, suggests shades of gray. To quantify accuracy better, 12 years ago, the radiology department at Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch, New Jersey) launched a project in which it cataloged its attending radiologists’