Voice recognition as a productivity- enhancing technology was a topic of discussion more than a year ago at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. One speaker, a radiology administrator, described his hospital’s adoption of voice recognition as a boon to getting work done more rapidly. He told those in attendance at

When it comes to the interpretation of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) studies, the bywords are speed and efficiency. There are, however, multiple routes to those ends, as witnessed by the different approaches of three veteran CCTA practitioners. All three radiologists interviewed by Radiology Business Journal use, to a greater or lesser extent,

At Palm Beach Radiology Institute, operated by Palm Beach Radiology and Imaging Associates (PBRIA), there is no film, there never has been film, and no one expects ever to see film. When the outpatient imaging center opened a year ago, it was already an all-digital environment, built from the ground up to accommodate a digital infrastructure and a

It’s easy to let quality assurance (QA) slip into a lip-service category, but that is something that a nighttime stat-reading teleradiology service can’t afford to do—particularly if it is an industry leader like NightHawk Radiology Services. Dionne Watts, quality-assurance supervisor, says “QA for teleradiology is important because the client

In a major front-page story, "The High Cost of Precision," in its Sunday, September 7, 2008 edition, the Los Angeles Times once again focused on the negative side of CT technology. Its opening statement positioned its argument by saying, "CT scans produce detailed views of internal organs, but they expose patients to significant radiation." The

To say that the health care regulatory environment has been active over the past two years would be an understatement. The focus of this article is Medicare: the primary payor for health care services in this country and, often, the standard by which other payors establish their payment rules. Revisions to Medicare regulations often foretell what

Access to high-quality patient care is a cornerstone of customer-focused service delivery, Michael A. Silver, PhD, says. In turn, that goal is supported by technology that enhances performance and allows the imaging provider to do more with less. Part of making less go further is maximizing reimbursement through better management, he adds, ensuring

Though expertise and reimbursement lag, many radiology practices gear up to perform their share of a potential 20 million procedures a year