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April 2003


Features

Cover Story
Admitting Privileges
  by Rich Smith
  While the group was not initially united on the choice to open an interventional clinic in 1998, Riverside Radiology Associates today reaps the benefits of providing the full complement of diagnostic and interventional services.

Self-Referral: The New Gold Rush?
  by George Wiley
  Nonradiologists are using exceptions in physician self-referral laws to capture the technical and professional fees for imaging: Some radiologists want tougher laws to eliminate the loopholes in Stark; others see new opportunities for selling their services.
Surgical Planning in 3D
  by Seleen Street Collins
  Advocates say 3D imaging is poised and ready to revolutionize surgical planning.
The Moveable Modality
  by Chris Wolski
  Mobile and interim imaging is enabling providers to fill the demand gap.
Monitor QC
  by Kenneth A. Fetterly MS, Nicholas J. Hangiandreou PhD, Steve G. Langer PhD
  Devising an enterprise-wide quality control program for PACS monitors is critical in an electronic environment.
Repeat Performance
  by Richard B. Elsberry
  Pre-owned imaging systems are attracting cost-conscious buyers.


Departments

  Viewpoint
The Specialty With No Face
  by Cheryl Proval
  Radiology would benefit from a higher profile, in both the hospital and the community, and one way to accomplish that is with an interventional clinic.
  Guest Editorial
Cutting the Pie Three Ways
  by Richard Townley
  Three-way partnerships with hospitals and other specialty groups in outpatient imaging endeavors could be the best way for radiology to continue to participate in the process.
Cardiac MRI: Questions and Answers
  by J. Rod Gimbel MD
STAT Read
  by Ben Van Houten
  Imaging Business
CR: Building Block of the Digital Future
  by Anna K. Chacko MD, John C. Weiser PhD, Thomas R. Shook MBA, Lorraine D. Kelly RT
  With the current manpower shortage in radiology and the increasing demands of the referring physician, ultimately, the only gift of value is time.
  Technology Economics Review
Tracing the Tubes: Developments in Vascular Imaging
  by Judith Gunn Bronson MS
  Applications for contrast angiography in the abdomen, brain, neck, and peripheral arteries are being replaced by MRA and CTA.
Technology Review
oncologyeconomics: A Shifting Target
  by Ben Van Houten
  A new study urges radiation oncologists to continually review the quality of evidence on which their clinical practice is based.

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