How much would an extra $44,000 government stipend mean to your radiology practice? Would it be enough to cover the hassle of diving into the attestation to meaningful use of health IT? To date, many practices have declined to participate, according to David Avrin, MD, PhD, of the University of California–San Francisco. On September 9, in San

While the news crews have moved on to coverage of the final rule for stage 2 meaningful use, the reality is this: The vast majority of radiology practices still has not met the stage 1 requirements. Their greatest challenge is likely to be understanding how the rule applies to their practice setting, and radiology practices are interpreting that in

On August 23, CMS released the final rule for stage 2 meaningful use of health IT. Unlike the stage 1 rule, the stage 2 rule contains myriad radiology-specific portions that might have radiologists in a state of confusion, but things could be simpler than they seem. RadInformatics.com recently conferred with Alberto Goldszal, PhD, MBA, CIO of

The image of the lone physician “listening for zebras” as he combs through a mental library of diagnoses is fast becoming a thing of the past. Some answers are objectively better than others, so the only real question is how to conveniently get those answers.

The vendor-research company KLAS is perhaps best known for its market reports, which compare the performance of multiple vendors in a single product category. Recently, however, the company has introduced a new approach to its reports that is reflective of the growing need to evaluate emerging technologies prior to widespread adoption and

At the 2012 Annual Meeting & Leadership Summit of the California Radiological Society in San Francisco, Frank Lexa, MD, MBA, presented “Core Financial Principles for Radiology Professionals” on September 8. According to Lexa, who is vice chair and professor of radiology at Drexel University College of Medicine, using certain financial tools (such

It’s no longer business as usual. That was the main message that radiologist and consultant Lawrence R. Muroff, MD, FACR, brought to the California Radiological Society’s 2012 Annual Meeting & Leadership Summit in San Francisco. On September 9, he presented “Future Trends That Will Impact What You Do and What You Earn,” highlighting eight major

Valerie Ciminera, a manager in radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) in Philadelphia, describes the large facility as comparable to a small city, with a lot of ground to cover between buildings. The department of radiology at HUP uses 10 analog portable radiography systems to image an average of 225 inpatients per day at