It’s no longer business as usual. That was the main message that radiologist and consultant Lawrence R. Muroff, MD, FACR, brought to the California Radiological Society’s 2012 Annual Meeting & Leadership Summit in San Francisco. On September 9, he presented “Future Trends That Will Impact What You Do and What You Earn,” highlighting eight major

Valerie Ciminera, a manager in radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) in Philadelphia, describes the large facility as comparable to a small city, with a lot of ground to cover between buildings. The department of radiology at HUP uses 10 analog portable radiography systems to image an average of 225 inpatients per day at

Neale Pashley, operations manager for Medical Management Professionals (MMP), found himself on the front lines of the CMS Acute Care Episode (ACE) Demonstration when a radiology practice with which he worked became a participant. “What the radiology industry should prepare for, more than anything else, is the impact this might have on utilization,”

On October 9, at the RBMA 2012 Fall Educational Conference in Chandler, Arizona, I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion, “Is It Time to Buy, Hold, Sell, or JV?” The faculty participants discussed the very nuanced art and science of building a success strategy for the potential transactions—merger, sale, alliance, joint venture, and so

The health care sector added 43,500 new jobs in September and the unemployment rate dipped below 8% for the first time in three years.

InMedica forecasts the world market for PACS, RIS, and CVIS to grow by more than $1 billion over the next 5 years.

As Meaningful Use takes a political punch, a public-private coalition is announcing plans to offer HIT interoperability testing.

The radiology group is in the process of calling each of its patients who had epidural steroid injections at its Roanoke facility.