December 2003

Features

Cover Story

	A Parallax View of Diagnostic Imaging
	by Thomas G. Dehn, MD
	The author offers thoughts on price, volume, (quality) and productivity in radiology from a perspective gained through first practicing and now managing radiology


	Ohio Launches Lung Cancer Screening Initiative
	by Elizabeth Finch

	When Every Minute Counts
	by Warren Hauff, AIA
	Three design solutions to the challenges of meeting emergency imaging needs


	Cancer Watch: Imaging the Lungs
	by Judith Gunn Bronson, MS
	Improvements in CT technology and new functional imaging techniques are adding important new information in diagnosis, staging, and follow-up of lung cancer


	Lung Cancer Screening: Where Does It Stand?
	by Judith Gunn Bronson, MS


	Are We Filmless Yet?
	by George Wiley
	Reducing film usage has always been touted as a primary justification for PACS, but even with a PACS you may never be completely film free. The advice today is: Don't sweat it too much.


	Making Converts


	Technology Review

Departments

	Viewpoint
	The Sky Is Falling!
	by Cheryl Proval
	Year-end reflections on what lies ahead.


	Guest Editorial
	ICD-10: The Time Has Come
	by Linda Kloss MA, RHIA
	It is time for the United States to discard the outdated ICD-9 coding system, as has the rest of the developed world


	STAT Read
	Report offers two market scenarios of the future; study assesses best protocol for polyp detection with MDCT colonography; scientists discover genetic risk factor for osteoporosis; latest Medicare bill includes physician relief; radiology group fined $1.6 million in qui tam Medicare fraud suit


	Imaging Business
	Growing the Practice
	by Fred Gaschen MBA
	Expanding back-office services is key to optimizing the growth potential of a radiology practice


	Technology Economics Review
	Emergency Radiology: New Subspecialty, New Tools
	by Judith Gunn Bronson MS
	In the emerging subspecialty of emergency radiology, helical CT has displaced plain film and ultrasound proves its utility