Practice Management

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

Pie Medical nets approval for phase-contrast angio MR software

Pie Medical Imaging has received FDA clearance for its cardiovascular angiography analysis system MR Flow.

Breast MRI detects 'unsuspected' cancers not seen on mammography

Nearly 20 percent of patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer had additional malignant tumors found only by MRI, according to a study in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Pressure to curb MRI restrictions in EU builds

European MRI manufacturers may get a permanent reprieve if the European Commission amends a directive that would restrict the use of MRIs in the European Union (EU).

Automated MRI measures may identify early Alzheimer's

Analyzing MRI studies of the brain with new software may help diagnose Alzheimer's disease as well as mild cognitive impairment, a lesser form of dementia that precedes the development of Alzheimer's by several years, according to a study published online May 21 in Brain.

Viztek unveils mammo PACS viewer

Viztek has introduced a mammography viewer that integrates with its Opal-Rad PACS, as well as any PACS supporting DICOM query/retreive, to display the results of mammography exams.

AIM: Shop for quality, not hospital volume, for better CABG outcomes

Maximizing adherence to quality measures is associated with improved mortality rates, independent of hospital or surgeon volume, for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), according to an observational cohort published May 19 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

InSite One gains new NDMA customers

InSite One has acquired National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA) clients who have leveraged its technology for long-term image management in women's health to InSite One's InDex services.

HRS: Patients with new pacemaker system can safely undergo MRI

BOSTON--In the MRI environment under specific guidelines, a new pacemaker system facilitates access to this diagnostic imaging technique with no evidence of clinical (bradycardia or tachycardia), subclinical (pacemaker performance) or technical (pacemaker or lead damage) deficits in patients, according to a late-breaking clinical pivotal trial presented May 14 at the 2009 meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS).

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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