Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

ACR Names Thorwarth New CEO

William T. Thorwarth, Jr., M.D., FACR, will replace Harvey L. Neiman, M.D., FACR, as CEO of the American College of Radiology (ACR) in April

House Omnibus Budget Deal Rolls Back a Sequester Cut on Imaging Manufacturers

The $1.1 trillion omnibus spending package the House approved on Wednesday restores funding to the FDA for the approval of new medical devices, including advanced medical imaging technologies

Leading Imaging Center Chain CDI Picks Up Two More Locations

Minneapolis-based Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) — the nation’s second largest imaging center chain since it joined with Lake Forest, Calif.-based Insight Imaging in 2012 — has completed acquisition of two more MRI Centers of New England’s locations.

Northwest Radiology Practice Names New Leader

Medical Imaging Northwest, a five-location radiology practice serving Washington State’s South King and Pierce counties, has named Christopher Archer as its Chief Administrative Officer

Kansas Radiologist Pleads Guilty in $7 Million Fraud and Bribery Case

Heidi Lynn Webster, MD, a former Army officer radiologist has pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. government through her role in a scheme to obtain multiple U.S. Army contracts and sub-contracts for radiology equipment and services

Integrating Delivery and Growing Imaging Volume: Longview Regional Medical Center

Sponsored by Hitachi Healthcare Americas

In June 2012, Longview Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Texas began a multimillion-dollar expansion aimed at making deeper integration of care delivery possible throughout the 230-bed hospital.

Marketing Dose Monitoring and Reduction to Patients

SECTRA

As initiatives for radiation-dose reduction take root in health systems and hospitals around the country—driven, in some cases, by state legislation mandating dose tracking and reporting—these organizations should be careful not to let messaging to patients fall by the wayside, according to Ian Judd, product manager for Sectra.

Three Ways the PPACA Will Help Radiology

Zotec

Despite a host of technical problems, more than 2 million people have already signed up for health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) mandate.