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Three ways one N.Y. hospital saw its workflows reprogrammed—and improved—with new software

McKesson

Here's a riddle: If every imaging interpretation is labeled stat, are any of them truly stat?

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Montage–Nuance integration synergizes analytics capabilities

Sponsored by Nuance

William Boonn, MD, had barely begun his career as a radiologist when his department colleagues started approaching him and fellow IT-savvy radiologist Woojin Kim, MD, with questions about analytics and data-mining. And why not?

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Innovation, collaboration and highly creative computation: What Sectra saw at the hackathon

Sponsored by Sectra

The sun, the moon and some bright minds were working overtime on the southern shore of Lake Erie the last weekend in September. The occasion was the first-ever Cleveland Medical Hackathon.

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Michael Peters, ACR: The MU–MIPS connection and Stage 3 MU

Sponsored by Konica Minolta

According to CMS's latest attestation data, some 4,720 unique diagnostic radiologists have at least one year of participation in Stage 1 or Stage 2 Meaningful Use under their belts. This cohort has made around 9,000 unique attestations since 2011, showing quantifiable and clinically significant use of certified EHR technology.

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Dual-energy CT: Is it what the doctor ordered for the cost-conscious community hospital?

Sponsored by Hitachi Healthcare Americas

A hospital seeking to replace CT technology that does not meet the XR-29 standard has a wide range of slice counts and capabilities to consider, all the way up to state-of-the-art—but pricey—dual energy CT (DECT).

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How improving prior authorization helps your patients, referring physicians, and your imaging practice

Sponsored by Merge, an IBM company

Imaging Specialists of Charleston, a radiologist-owned, full-service medical imaging center in a South Carolina suburb faces stiff competition in its region, specifically from a trio of hospital-based imaging providers.

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The Radiology 100: Grows Upward

Sponsored by Intelerad

The nation's 100 largest private radiology practices bulk up, adding radiologists but shedding employees and imaging center assets as they grow

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MIPS packs positive—and potentially negative—punch for radiology

Sponsored by vRad

April 16, 2015, marked the beginning of a seismic shift in the healthcare landscape. On that day, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 2, the MACRA, which repeals the SGR formula, extends the CHIP for two years, institutes a 0.5% increase in Medicare reimbursement over the next four and a half years and encourages physicians to transition to APMs.