Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Evan Kaminer, MD

Three ways one N.Y. hospital saw its workflows reprogrammed—and improved—with new software

McKesson

Here's a riddle: If every imaging interpretation is labeled stat, are any of them truly stat?

October 23, 2015

Ala. radiology tech charged with sexual abuse of patients

A radiology technologist at Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital in Demopolis, Ala., was arrested last week for allegedly committing sexual acts on at least two patients.

October 12, 2015

Eli Lilly and Company announces support of IDEAS study

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company has announced its continued support—including a financial commitment—of the Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) study.

October 9, 2015

Is anyone still unaware of breast cancer?

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, although you probably don’t need another reminder of the fact. 

October 5, 2015

Siemens’ PETNET Solutions receives ANDA approval for PET radiopharmaceutical

Siemens’ PETNET Solutions announced last week it has received Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its PET radiopharmaceutical sodium fluoride F 18 injection (18F NaF). 

October 5, 2015

Philips, MIT to research new ways to measure intracranial pressure

Royal Philips is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to research a less invasive method for measuring intracranial pressure (ICP), Philips announced this week. 

October 1, 2015
Keyur Sathe, MHA

Viztek DR fits squarely into NiteHawk Pediatric Urgent Care’s ‘triangle’ mission—quality, accessibility, affordability

Sponsored by Konica Minolta

When Keyur Sathe, MHA, decided to put his nearly two decades of healthcare leadership and entrepreneurialism to work in a bold new venture—one that would, in his words, help “bend the arc of healthcare” toward greater value—he didn’t have to look far for inspiration.

September 28, 2015

Merge, RAD-AID International bring radiology services to developing countries

Merge Healthcare has launched a new collaboration with RAD-AID International, a nonprofit organization, to bring radiology and other health services to “medically underserved and poor regions” throughout the world, the companies announced earlier this month. 

September 14, 2015

Around the web

"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

Trimed Popup
Trimed Popup