The Image Gently® campaign for dose reduction in pediatric imaging and the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) have launched a “Go With the Guidelines” initiative to encourage community hospitals, academic hospitals, and clinics to observe new North American Guidelines for Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceutical Dose in children. The dose

The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced that its delegates have undertaken initiatives to halt the implementation of ICD-10. In a statement, AMA President Peter W. Carmel, MD attributed the move to the society’s perception that ICD-10 will pose significant burdens on the practice of medicine, with no direct benefits to individual

When three New York City hospitals—Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke's Hospital, and Roosevelt Hospital—joined forces in 1997 as Continuum Health Partners, each facility was utilizing its own IT solutions, and the addition of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in 2000 added a fourth set of platforms to the mix. Jill Wojcik, Corporate Director of

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today that it will consider insurance questions pertaining to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday made available $1 billion for innovative health care projects.

Much has been written about improving quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) in radiology, but little attention has been paid to the processes for which the technologist is responsible—in spite of the technologist’s critical role in ensuring that imaging devices are properly calibrated. Nikunj Desai, algorithms developer for iCRco

With the RSNA® 2011 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, right around the corner, radiology groups and hospitals around the country are again preparing to seek the solutions that they need to survive in the new health-care paradigm—which revolves around the triple aim of reform: improving efficiency, honing quality, and

In making the decision to take or pass on a new hospital contract, radiology groups often let emotion supersede reason, Jana Landreth, CPA, director of practice management at Medical Management Professionals, Inc (MMP), Atlanta, Georgia, explains. “The factor that most often challenges these decisions is emotion,” she says. “It manifests itself as