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Silicon Money |
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by Rich Smith |
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Cash-strapped hospitals interested in PACS are finding ways around the bias against software financing maintained by many traditional lenders. |
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APC Survival Strategies |
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by Andrei M. Costantino |
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There is no room for mistakes under the APCs: to survive, hospitals must institute a variety of measures to ensure that they are collecting for services rendered. |
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Beyond Radiology |
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by Gary Reed |
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The electronic, wide-area distribution of images will extend the benefits of PACS to the broader medical community. |
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The Work Flow Imperative |
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by Bruce Reiner MD, Eliot Siegel MD |
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To maximize the benefits of PACS, implement technologist work-flow enhancements such as CR/DR, modality worklist, and modality performed procedure step. |
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Effort and Talent Rewarded |
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by Tony Ramos |
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Editor promoted to publisher of Decisions in Imaging Economics. |
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Guest Editorial |
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Use Your RIS |
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by Richard S. Helsper MBA |
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Information is key, and having access to electronic information is the only way to effectively manage large amounts of data: to sort, prioritize, evaluate, and make the best decisions. |
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STAT Read |
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by Ben Van Houten |
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Fritzsche assumes RSNA presidency; health cares rising share of the GDP owed to the economic slowdown; NCQDIS to undertake a cost-based accounting of outpatient radiology services; Senate passes freeze on reimbursement cuts. |
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Technology Economics Review |
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Chest Imaging: Unanswered Questions |
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by Judith Gunn Bronson MS |
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Clinicians continue to pursue the best protocols in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and lung cancer |
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Imaging Business |
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High HIPAA Anxiety |
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by Ben Van Houten |
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Attendees at the HIPAA Implementation Forum gathered to hear the latest on compliance, implementation, and enforcement - and allay their fears. |
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PACS in Oncology |
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by Lawrence H. Schwartz MD |
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Real work-flow automation became possible when a fully integrated PACS was combined with a disease management approach at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. |
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Technology Review |
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