At the 2012 Annual Meeting & Leadership Summit of the California Radiological Society in San Francisco, California, Richard Duszak, MD, presented “Physician Performance Measurement and Management: Benefits and Pitfalls” on September 8. He was originally asked to cover measuring physician productivity, but Duszak makes a distinction between

Accuracy in radiology can be difficult to gauge; even interpretation, as the term for a radiologist’s work on an imaging study, suggests shades of gray. To quantify accuracy better, 12 years ago, the radiology department at Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch, New Jersey) launched a project in which it cataloged its attending radiologists’

There are performance attributes that we measure well in today’s radiology practice. We are adept at tracking and analyzing clinical productivity, various revenue indicators, and compliance with programs such as meaningful use and the Physician Quality Reporting System. We have the ability to correlate profitability with payor mix, and we can

Vital Images Inc. received FDA Clearance for VitreaView, a universeral viewer with 3D and tablet viewing capabilities.

Medical technology companies are making an end of year push to get the Senate to pick up legislation that would remove the medical device excise tax.

The amoung of money paid in meaningful use incentives has begun to draw the attention of legislators frustrated by lack of progress on interoperability.

A HIMSS panel recently analyzed the election's impact at the state and national level for the futre of health IT.

The device tax that will go into effect in 2013 coupled with regulatory uncertainty is causing investors to pull back, MITA claims.