By one measure of quality, mammography providers have increased their performance from a D grade in 2002 to a B grade this year.An update issued today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the Mammography Quality Standards Act and Program (MQSA) reveals that 86.9% of all facilities tested in February were free of violations, a vast improvement since 2002, when just 64.2% of facilities achieved that distinction.

San Gabriel Valley Diagnostic Center (SGVDC) of West Covina, Calif., made its transition to digital imaging comparatively early, installing a PowerServer PACS from RamSoft in January of 2006.

Delphinus Medical Technologies Inc. of Plymouth Township, Mich., has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its SoftVue™ whole breast ultrasound tomography system

You know things are bad when virtually all of the luminaries and thought leaders in a profession agree on certain negative indicators and a most likely scenario that will be the result of a confluence of “perfect storm” issues. That’s how it is with radiology these days. Lots of influential people in this space agree that change is here to stay, that it is mostly going to hurt, and that it is long overdue.

CMS elected to keep the new separate cost centers for MR and CT in its final rule, but did drop the most flawed group of cost data from the calculations thereby reducing cuts to the 2 to 18 percent range depending on modality and procedure

In a JAMA published study, researchers found that although breast MRI use has more than doubled in a decade, patterns of use do not reflect national cancer screening and treatment guidelines

Mention the term “workflow” and a common response is a roll of the eyes. That’s because the medical imaging facilities that have not yet achieved optimal workflow are experiencing extreme frustration while the facilities that have constructed reliable, systematic workflow are always looking for more.

Over the past five years, leaders on both the clinical and business sides of radiology have learned the hard way that adaptability and flexibility are prized qualities required for survival.