In a wide-ranging, in-depth analysis of the present and future outpatient imaging center market, Michael Silver, PhD, vice president, Sg2, Skokie, Ill, advised attendees at the 2nd Annual GE Healthcare Outpatient Imaging Center Conference in Washington to raise their business acumen to compete in a rapidly evolving marketplace.

Newt Gingrich understands the true issue facing imaging today. In fact, after hearing him speak recently about why diagnostic imaging got “mugged” by the DRA, I am convinced more than ever that our profession’s leadership needs focus, new ideas, and momentum. It is a theme that I have written and spoken about at length.

I had the opportunity to be guest at the strategic planning session for the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) a few years ago. This meeting consisted of the board members of RBMA and chairs of the various committees and at one point addressed the need of data in benchmarking for radiology groups and imaging centers.

In my 25 years of information technology (IT) management in four completely different industries (distribution, agricultural biotechnology, process manufacturing, and now health care), I have found that if IT is considered a strategic resource, rather than a pure cost-savings resource, the systems efforts will be more likely to succeed. Many times

Selecting a PACS vendor is a long process requiring a significant amount of due diligence. Unfortunately, after the research, vendor demonstrations, and analysis of lengthy RFP responses, fatigue often sets in. As a result, one of the concluding, valuable steps—the PACS site visit—is often skipped or minimized. PACS site visits, however, if planned

I have been asked to provide our experience, so far, in 2007, with respect to the impact of DRA 2005 on imaging centers. Many professional associations and news outlets are all asking the same question: What is the real impact of DRA 2005? In our experience, it is a bit early for any of us to have sufficient data to precisely assess the impact of

A survey of imaging center administrators polled right after the first quarter revealed that more than half the administrators anticipated significant, measurable declines in revenue in 2007, according to Mary C. Patton, director, market research, IMV Medical Information Division. “Some of that is due to DRA and some is not due to DRA, but in

Instead of focusing on the actions of successful leaders, an article in the June issue of the Harvard Business Review by Roger Martin looks at how successful leaders think. Martin has spent the past 15 years studying winning leaders and concludes that they all share the predisposition and ability to simultaneously hold two opposing ideas in their