What Imaging Leaders Should Know About Teamwork
by Curtis Kauffman-Pickelle
The following is not a trick question: What does the US Army’s legendary 82nd Airborne Division have in common with today’s medical-imaging…
Beyond the Blame Game
by Cheryl Proval
It is not accuracy of interpretations, or contrast-media administration, or wrong-site surgeries, or infection control in the MRI suite. No, the specialty’s…
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Extreme RIS: Breaking Down Communication Barriers
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Pam Elias RTR, CNMT Imaging Services Manager Redington-Fairview General Hospital
Brandon Groh RTR, CT PACS Administrator Redington-Fairview General Hospital
Fujifilm Medical Systems
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Advanced Visualization | Next-generation Architectures
Visage Imaging
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Keep Your Hospital Relationships Healthy: Strategies for Every Practice
Medical Management Professionals, Inc.
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RIS to the Rescue | Strategies for Driving Revenue, Productivity and Profitability
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Imaging as You like it... Medical Imager Caters to Physician Print Preferences
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Measuring Up: Integrating Performance Benchmarks Into the Practice
Within the past 10 years, the topic of physician-performance benchmarking has progressed from contentious to being one on which entire meetings in the radiology community are based. Some industry analysts say that this evolution has occurred because measuring physician performance has become a necessity, in today’s health-care environment, due to the many challenges (including financial difficulties) that health care is facing.
Why Hospitals Buy Imaging Centers
While hospitals have always been significant players in the market for freestanding imaging centers, volume for hospitals purchasing all or part of the ownership interest in freestanding imaging centers has increased dramatically over the past few years. For hospitals already involved in joint ventures with physicians or entrepreneurial companies, we have seen a flurry of transaction activity around hospitals buying out their joint-venture partners.
The Economic Case for Patient-friendly Imaging
As the technology used for radiologic studies matures, providers and referrers are increasingly focused on providing patients with a friendlier imaging environment—with good reason, according to Tariq Gill, MD.
Health Care’s New Financial Outlook
A window of access to capital has opened for hospitals, according to Lisa Goldstein, because of the improvement in the debt markets seen over the past six to nine months.
Dissecting a Mantra: Doing More With Less
Whenever the economic aspects of business get tough, do more with less is a phrase heard everywhere.
Operating an Imaging-center Chain in the Postapocalyptic Era
It began with the DRA, and ever since, CMS and Congress have set upon outpatient imaging like dogs on a bone, culminating in a new round of cuts to the technical component contained in the health-reform law. As a result, operations at many outpatient-imaging organizations came into acute focus in 2005, and they continue to be scrutinized.
Business 101: Goal Setting and Strategic Planning
This article is the second installment in a four-part series on applying basic business concepts to radiology.
Employing a Differentiation Strategy
Attracting referrals is more crucial than ever for imaging-center operators who hope to see their facilities survive, and even thrive, in these difficult times
Price Transparency Gains Traction
Owing to a confluence of market forces, industry innovation, and government action, consumers in more than half of US states now have at least some ability to see procedure charges in advance.
