Practice Management

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

Corepoint new product suite focused on operations, metrics

Corepoint Health is launching a new product suite, Corepoint Decisions, which offers healthcare organizations a way to leverage the data flow between various applications into accessible operational insights for healthcare decision-makers.

New Mexico bill to regulate sonography, MRI professionals

New Mexico has passed a bill requiring those who perform sonography and MRI to hold state licensure, according to American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) President Linda Holden.

Medtronic urges CMS to cover MRI-safe pacemakers

Medtronic has requested that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revise national coverage determination for cardiac pacemakersto include coverage for devices that have been designed, tested and FDA labeled for use in the MRI environment.

Medrad to sell Confirma CADstream in EU

Confirma, the developer of CADstream computer-aided detection (CAD) software for MRI, and Medrad have signed an agreement that enables Medrad to sell CADstream in the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy.

MRI prioritization necessary to reduce Canadian wait times

While Canada might lag behind other countries in the number of diagnostic imaging devices, more machines are not the only solution to long wait times, according to a study conducted at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

Aspyra, Allscripts ink reseller agreement

Aspyra today entered a non-exclusive joint-promotional agreement with the Chicago-based Allscripts.

Health Affairs: California P4P stimulates changes in medical practice

A large group of California physicians given financial incentives to improve the quality of medical care have begun to embrace an array of changes important to advancing quality, according to a study published in the March/April issue in Health Affairs.

3D aids assessment, workflow in determining tumor burden

A 3D segmentation and computerized volumetry technique is reliable relative to manual segmentation and has the advantage of being less labor intensive and more repeatable for use in the assessment of neurofibromatosis detected with MRI, according to a study published in this months issue of Radiology.

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

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