Ever since digital imaging liberated radiologists from the site of image acquisition, radiology practices have labored to patch together distributed reading solutions that would efficiently meet the needs of multiple clients, balance workflow, and enable subspecialization.

An established health care consulting practice had been in business for several years. As part of its growth and development, it had a logo designed by a veteran graphic artist and developed a tagline (a slogan that appeared below its logo). Earlier this year, as part of its routine due diligence, the company’s staff visited the Web sites of its

Gretchen Birbeck, MD

According to David M. Yousem, MD, MBA, serving on your hospital’s credentialing committee is far more important than you might think. While it’s not typically a highly prized experience, deciding on physicians’ privileges has direct and lasting impacts on patient care, on the hospital’s reputation, on liability exposure, and on the procedural turf

Along London’s celebrated avenue of high-end medical care, Harley Street, it’s not uncommon to see sights that would make any hardened veteran of the US health care system green with envy. Though coverage through the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is provided free to all comers—and is the only option available for emergency care—NHS exists

It is a question often pondered by practice managers and others overseeing the financial aspects of an imaging enterprise: What guidelines or benchmarks do I use to determine whether to retain my in-house billing department or outsource billing? At a June 9 session at the RBMA conference in Orlando, Florida, Randal Roat, vice president of radiology

In June, an alliance of health care providers, technology vendors, and imaging organizations announced the formation of the Imaging e-Ordering Coalition, an initiative aimed at promoting health-IT–enabled clinical decision support as a means of determining the appropriateness of diagnostic imaging services. Members of the coalition include the ACR;

Editor’s note: Curtis Kauffman-Pickelle’s commentary is reprinted from the June/July 2009 issue of Radiology Business Journal.