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Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

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Image Gently Responds to the FDA

One of the leaders driving low-dose, high-quality pediatric imaging is the multisociety advocacy group Image Gently®. When the FDA¹ issued a draft guidance document for imaging-equipment manufacturers in May 2012, Keith Strauss, MSc—a member of the steering committee of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging (the Image Gently

Manager to Leader: Seven Transitional Steps

In a landscape growing increasingly concerned with cost, quality, and results, strong leaders are needed to pave a path for the future of health care. Conventional wisdom dictates that leaders are born from a mix of experience and acquired skills. Given these requirements, managers are natural candidates, but not every manager has what it takes to

Summer Reverie and Olympic Dreams

August is the sweetest month. The Pacific Ocean is finally warm enough to swim in, the tomatoes are ripening faster than I can eat them, and I give myself permission to slow down a bit and to spend an extra half hour reading the newspapers in the morning.

Practices Adapt at the Expense of Political Advocacy

Readers of this journal tend to be interested in the business of radiology. We recognize the priority of having efficient and effective practices, whatever future health-care environment evolves. Observers would probably agree that many radiology practices have successfully improved their operational performance as market forces have demanded more

Breast Density Bill Passes California Legislature

SB 1538, a state bill to require California physicians to inform patients who have dense breasts has passed the state Senate on a unanimous vote for 36 to 0. Earlier this week, it passed the California State Assembly with a 68-0 vote.

MEDCAC to Consider Beta Amyloid PET Coverage

A first glimpse of how likely it will be that Medicare will someday cover beta amyloid PET imaging will come early next year. On January 30, 2013, the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) panel will meet to review available evidence and hear public testimony on the use of beta amyloid PET imaging, the Centers for

Dr. Charles Kahn Elected President of ARRS

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., M.D., M.S. was installed as president of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), the first and oldest radiology society in the United States.

ICD-10 Delayed Once Again

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced it will delay for another year the required implementation of ICD-10, the billing code sets known as the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes. The new deadline for compliance is October 1, 2014.

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