September 2014

Q&A: Kazerooni sanguine as Medicare mulls lung cancer screening
Venturing Forth, Jointly: Exploring a New Model for Radiology Collaboration
ACR, SBI tee off Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Try Thrift
Half empty or half full? Medicare ACO program a tale of two takes
Scalability testing of the PACS for the future
Van Buren County Hospital finds greater workflow efficiency, flexibility and support in McKesson’s solutions for radiology
Gonzales Healthcare Systems modernizes patient care using improved connectivity and integrated communications from McKesson’s Imaging Solutions
MedCurrent OrderRight radiology decision support selected by Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Experiences matter
2015 MPFS: Estimating the impact to radiology
Q & A with Rasu Shrestha, MD: The “P” in PACS is for patient
St. Joseph’s/Candler takes measures to bolster dose minimizing efforts with dose tracking technology
Lasting first impressions: Partners of a lifetime
Analysis of the performance of ancillary stocks; What the market is saying
Corporate division: Philips will split
LDCT lung cancer screening: An actuarial affirmation
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals announces U.S. launch of OptiSync™ data management system
Outcomes based incomes: Macro-trends and the move to imaging value
Enhancing staffing accuracy with predictive modeling and best practices
A shadowing experiment brings radiology and IT closer together
IOM urges America to better serve the dying
Buckle your seatbelts
Agfa HealthCare strengthens executive leadership with new appointments
CMS offers three new training resources for PQRS participants
MGMA seeks applications for Association President and CEO
Q & A: ACR’s Peters on AMA’s EHR Call to Action
FDA Clears Siemens’ SOMATOM Scope CT System
Specialty Teleradiology attains Meaningful Use with PowerServer MU
Anthem Blue Cross, 7 hospital systems form managed care plan in California
PenRad partners with Clinithink to optimize ICD-10 coding compliance at the point of dictation
National Decision Support Company Announces Rapid Adoption of Imaging Decision Support
JACR: Write well or face the judgment of the patient portal
Cancer overdiagnosis gets scrutiny as policymakers seek to tame healthcare costs
Lung cancer screening and the indication-creep blues
Digital Edition of ACR BI-RADS® Atlas, Now Available
Medicare patients twice as likely to benefit from LDCT lung screening
ONC abandons 2015 voluntary edition of CEHRT
Medical board federation proposes expedited licensing process
The Consolidation Beat Goes On: Annual Report on The 20 Largest Outpatient Imaging-center Chains
Patient Communications: Radiology’s New Imperative
Radiology of Huntsville: Laying the Groundwork for Risk Assumption
The Rewards of Risk: Radiology Takes The Leap
Proceed with Care to ICD-10 Deadline
Four Questions for Business Model Innovators
Negotiation Bootcamp
The Chest Radiograph: Low Reward, High Risk, Extreme Uncertainty
Who hasn't been hacked?
Toshiba Collaborates with Johns Hopkins University on Big Data Healthcare Research
Baystate Health: System-wide PACS Replacement Yields Tight Integration
Implementing a Radiology Communications Platform: It’s All in the Workflow
Schuylkill Health: RIS Tackles Critical Results, Peer Review, Communications
Giving Patients Their Due—Results
Healthcare spending to exceed 10-year growth trend in GDP
Getting paid in medicine
ACR to CMS: Desktop computer is poor proxy for PACS
INFINITT RIS Enables Customers to Attest to Meaningful Use Stage 2
California law would increase oversight of narrow networks
CMS extends stage 2 MU deadline, not 90-day reporting
GE Healthcare Announces FDA Approval of SenoClaire, New Breast Imaging with 3D Tomosynthesis Solution
Defensive medicine drives $12B in unnecessary imaging
High Hopes for 2014 Open Enrollment
CMS Final Rule extends Stage 2; Delays requirements
Data Discrepancies Leave Insured at Risk in Georgia