ImagingBiz: Influence and Leadership

I am pleased to announce a new addition to our comprehensive news and information portal in the form of a series of video commentaries. Within these occasional commentaries, I will take the opportunity to discuss the implications for medical imaging leaders of the various trends and issues facing our profession. This first video is a brief introduction to a new book that I found particularly relevant to those trying to manage for success in this increasingly complex environment.


Since 1983, Curtis Kauffman-Pickelle has been in the forefront of radiology communications. As the publisher of Applied Radiology magazine and the founding publisher and editor of Imaging Economics magazine, he established a higher standard for reporting on the critical issues that affect every area of this vital health-care segment. He is the founding publisher of both Radiology Business Journal and ImagingBiz.com, and as a nationally recognized speaker, Curtis continues to provide the thought-provoking, high-level content desired by today’s radiology leaders. We invite you to subscribe to our YouTube channel. Please click here.

Around the web

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.