On September 1, 2011, the Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert related to radiation dose from diagnostic imaging. “If a patient receives repeated doses, harm can occur as the cumulative effect of those multiple doses over time,” the alert states. “Conversely, using insufficient radiation may increase the risk of misdiagnosis, delayed

As health care continues to struggle with a hobbled economic outlook, few aspects of operations have remained unscathed—and those include the financial processes related to the acquisition of new imaging equipment, according to Mark Hoffman, senior vice president of the health-care group at Key Equipment Finance (Superior, Colorado). “In the past

I had the opportunity to attend the annual Economics of Diagnostic Imaging (EDI) conference in Arlington, Virginia, for the first time on October 27–30; although the one–two punch of flying across the country for EDI and then the RSNA® 2011 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, held little appeal, I was excited to attend

The average compensation brought home by top executives of health care systems was slightly higher this year, with increases averaging 3% in 2011 over 2010, reveals a survey conducted by Integrated Health Strategies, a health care management consulting firm with offices in Kansas City, Missouri; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Dallas, Texas.

A Massachusetts commission responsible for controlling health care costs in that state has issued a recommendation that price controls be imposed on hospitals and other medical providers, State House News Service (www.statehousenews.com) reports.

RadNet, Inc., a Los Angeles, California-based provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 212 fully-owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, on Tuesday reported that it has completed an acquisition of the vast majority of the U.S. imaging operations of CML HealthCare Inc. (CML), Toronto, Ontario.

Health care organizations should report errors related to health IT, according to a report just released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

A bill that would assist entities opening advanced medical imaging facilities in complying with the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008 has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio).