Business Intelligence

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.

Benjamin Strong Named vRad Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Strong, a former Virtual Radiologic teleradiologist and medical director replaces Pat Basu, M.D., who leaves vRad this month to join Doctors on Demand, a digital media and consumer directed health care venture

New Analysis Bolsters Validity of Low-Dose CT Screening for Lung Cancer

The analysis confirmed the results of the initial study publication and concluded that a reduction in U.S. lung cancer deaths might be possible if low-dose CT screening is offered to patients at centers with staff experienced in CT

ACR Offers Scholarships to Help Residents and Fellows Attend Radiology Leadership Institute

Applications are now open for radiology residents and fellows who wish to attend the ACR Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) Annual Event that will be held from July 25–28 at the Kellogg School of Management on Northwestern University’s Evanston, Ill, campus

ACR Elects New President and Officers

Albert L. Blumberg, MD, FACR, chair of the department of radiation oncology at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, is the new president of the ACR

FDA Recognizes MITA for Work on Reducing CT Radiation Doses

The work of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) on CT imaging radiation safety instructional materials has earned it the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Director’s Special Citation Award

Statread Bloggers Cover RBMA

Imagingbiz editors Cheryl Proval and Cat Vasko returned from RBMA last week bursting with news. Here are their thoughts on the conference

Communication During and After Tornado Proves Key for Oklahoma Imaging Provider

Eagle Imaging CEO Eric Slimmer, RT, was attending the RBMA conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., when the F5 tornado hit Moore, Okla., and filled the small Community Hospital ER his practice supported with victims

Calif Unveils State Exchange Players, Rates

Covered California, the state’s health-care insurance exchange, named the 13 participants that will offer the four-tiered health-care insurance policies in 19 designated regions in California, where as many as 5 million residents are expected to obtain insurance for 2014, the Los Angeles Times reports

Around the web

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.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.