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  • Muzammil A. Shafi, MD

    How Konica Minolta’s next generation, cloud-based enterprise imaging is powering one practice’s growth

    Finding the right enterprise imaging system is critical for radiology practices and hospitals that need to expand and scale their image management and reading capacity. For Houston Northwest Radiology Association, a large increase in the volume of images they manage for clients means it’s time to commit to a next-gen EI system.

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    Generic Contrast Agents – Now You Have a Choice

    Visit Fresenius Kabi to learn more. Booth #3235. Fresenius Kabi has expanded their radiology portfolio to include additional cost-effective products, including the CT and MRI contrast agents featured in their booth this year at RSNA 2024.

  • Seno Scan

    A Physician, a Patient and a Technology Whose Time Is Now

    If certainty is the holy grail of diagnostic breast imaging, then opto-acoustic ultrasound is the treasure map showing exactly where to find it. While other imaging modalities can help distinguish a benign lesion from a malignant mass, only OA/US provides the radiologist with a more definitive diagnosis without invasive medicine, ionizing radiation or claustrophobic dread.

  • Enlitic Radiologist

    Konica Minolta Healthcare moves into enterprise imaging powered by AWS

    Konica Minolta Healthcare is introducing Exa Enterprise, a new enterprise imaging solution that encompasses the Exa PACS-RIS core powered by AWS’s proven cloud solution and its data. This new enterprise cloud solution will deliver exceptionally fast access to data and boost efficiency across imaging specialties.

  • Imaging scan

    Breast specialists have seen the future. It’s opto-acoustic imaging.

    Few radiology subspecialties can match breast imaging at adopting new imaging modalities to improve patient care. Consider: The past 10 to 15 years have seen the rise of digital breast tomosynthesis, automated breast ultrasound, breast MRI (with and without diffusion weighting), low-dose positron emission mammography and contrast-enhanced dual-energy digital mammography. That’s just to name a few.  

CR in Haiti: Durability and Sustainability

iCRco

In the wake of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the US Navy deployed an emergency medical fleet, equipping it with an array of state-of-the-art onboard digital-imaging solutions. iCRco, a manufacturer of imaging solutions, provided these first responders with the ability to obtain DR images and diagnose patients’ problems on the spot using the

Tech Assessment for the Radiology Practice: Voice Recognition

Sponsored by Intelerad

The process of evaluating new technology has quickened its pace, but that does not make it any less challenging for a busy radiology practice, Ted Best says. Best is acting director of IT for Carolina Regional Radiology (CRR), Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is president of Xodus Technology Professionals. “The process flow hasn’t changed; what

Smarter Merger/Acquisition Decisions With Revenue Forecasting: Riverside Radiology

VMG

The growing trend of large health systems acquiring outpatient imaging centers from radiology groups can create a stressful situation for all parties involved. It can be especially difficult for a radiology group’s leadership to part with what was once a very lucrative arm of the business, but acquisition offers do not grow on trees.

Optimizing the MRI Portfolio for Patient-centered Care: Lee Memorial Health System

Sponsored by Hitachi Healthcare Americas

Lee Memorial Health System (LMHS), Fort Myers, Florida, offers a wide range of imaging services at its four acute-care campuses and three outpatient imaging centers, including a host of high-field MRI systems. As Mark Williams, director of outpatient imaging, recalls, however, something was missing. “When we looked at our business model, we saw

Investing in Radiology IT: A Three-pronged Strategy

MMP

This article is the first in a four-part series.

Imaging in the Global Marketplace: A Conversation With Stephen Pomeranz, MD

Proscan

As radiology practices continue to grow in size via mergers, partnerships, and other forms of consolidation, the model of the nationwide practice is beginning to appeal to many. ProScan Imaging (Cincinnati, Ohio) owns 24 freestanding imaging centers in the United States, and it offers teleradiology services both nationally and internationally.

CR in Haiti: Durability and Sustainability

iCRco

In the wake of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, multiple aid groups rushed to the country to provide housing and medical care for the estimated 1.5 to 1.8 million residents displaced by the natural disaster. One such group was Health4Haiti, which had established a presence in the country several years before and had been building a clinic in

Outsourced Billing: An Administrator’s View

MMP

The decision to outsource a radiology practice’s billing can be emotionally fraught. Many practices have historically employed sizable in-house billing departments, and though the decision to outsource might appear simple from an economic perspective, when it comes to putting people out of work, administrators understandably blanch. Further, while

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