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Cover Story
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Vascular Centers: What Works? |
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by Liz Finch |
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In the evolving environment of vascular centers, players agree that approaching the model from a purely defensive posture is a sure way to fail. |
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The Launch of CREST |
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by Robert W. Hobson II MD |
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A commentary by the principal investigator on the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs Stent Trial currently qualifying centers for participation. |
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A Turn-of-the-Century Census |
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by Peter Pesavento |
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Current trends and future projections portray a booming future for radiology. |
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The Importance of RIS |
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by Rich Smith |
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While digital picture archiving and communications is impossible without PACS, proponents believe the radiology information system is the foundation of an electronic radiology environment. |
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In Search of the Value Proposition |
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by Ramin Khorasani MD |
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Looking beyond PACS to comprehensive information management, there is a key question to address for all intending to implement PACS: What is to be gained? |
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Viewpoint |
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Playing the Numbers |
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by Cheryl Proval |
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The data contributed to this journal's first annual census underscores the fact that utilization is increasing at a far greater rate than is the number of radiologists. |
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Guest Editorial |
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Should Your Hospital Establish a Stroke Center? |
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by Richard E. Latchaw MD |
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The authors make the argument for establishing an institutional resource and base for referrals. |
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Technology Economics Review |
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Vascular Imaging in 2001: Beyond Angiography |
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by Judith Gunn Bronson MS |
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As MRA, CTA, and ultrasonography increasingly displace the classic contrast angiogram, radiology's biggest challenge may be in educating referring physicians on the merits of these less invasive studies. |
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Imaging Business |
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Marketing Vascular Services: High Tech to High Touch |
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by Liz Finch |
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Interventional radiology is generating business through initiatives directed both at referring physicians and the general public. |
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| Special Section |
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Demystifying ASP |
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by R. Ernest Waaser |
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By clarifying the nature, advantages, and best uses of application service providers, this report will bring its readers up to date on a trend likely to be important to the future of radiology. |
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ASP Infrastructure: Beyond Copper Wire and Fiber Optics |
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by Rick Mancilla |
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The infrastructure required to complement the remote hosting of storage and application services is actually an environment of equipment, people, and processes. |
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Financially Speaking |
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by Nicole Pliner, MHSA |
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Inquiries into ASP PACS must include a complete analysis of vendors, serious review of contractual terms, and a complete understanding of unit costs in the film environment. |
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Outsourcing the Electronic Medical Record |
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by Osman Ratib, MD, PhD |
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Health care entities attempting to create an electronic medical record could consider creating this elusive document in an application service provider environment. |
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Q & A: Issues in ASP |
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by Robert Cooke, Douglas M. Tucker, PhD, Dean Kaufman, Rich Smith |
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Representatives from Agfa Corporation address issues in application service provider models in picture archiving and communications in a question-and-answer format. |
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Next Generation PACS |
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by Carter H. Yates |
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For PACS to become mission critical, system owners must avoid the configuration mistakes that can make a system run suboptimally and prove difficult to remedy. |
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Experts here are available to answer all your questions!