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A Manifesto for Truth-in-Mammography Advertising |
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by Leonard Berlin MD |
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From cigarettes to pharmaceuticals to financial services, all advertisements feature a disclaimer: Why not those for mammography? |
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Report from SIR: Establishing a Venous Insufficiency Service |
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by Kris Kyes |
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The positive financial impact of a venous insufficiency service can be significant, but many interventionalists cite interdepartmental issues as a deterrent. |
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Multisite Freestanding Imaging: Is More Better? |
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by George Wiley |
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Does the size of the company matter when it comes to providing imaging services? It is a more complicated question than you might think: big providers like to believe they are better, but they also admit they are unwieldy. |
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Buy-in, Buy-Out: The Perfect Entrance (and Exit) |
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by Joseph P. White CPA, MBA |
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Groups are well advised to fine-tune their buy-in/buy-out strategies to be competitive in the current recruitment environment. |
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The Radiology Reality Show: Automating Billing |
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by Patricia Kroken FACMPE, Phillip W. Carmody MD |
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With business goals set, Radiology Consultants of North Dallas undertook the yeoman's task of changing the fundamental operation and structure of the group's billing practices. |
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From 8 to 64 Slices: A Capital Business Plan Takes a Quantum Leap |
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by Sheila M. Sferrella MAS, RT, CRA |
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Rapid innovation in computed tomography is leading some institutions to ask: When is it prudent to adjust the capital business plan? |
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The Cost of Health Care Construction: Retrofit vs New Build |
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by Terence Houk AIA |
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With retrofits costing nearly as much as new construction, hospitals with space may be best advised to rebuild; those without can sometimes find space by implementing remote reading in a system. |
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Imaging Informatics: Old PACS, New PACS: Trading Up at TSRHC |
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by Wayne Forrest |
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Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children made the difficult decision to abandon its legacy PACS and implement a web-based model. |
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Reinventing the Radiology Report: Part I, A History |
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by Nancy Knight PhD, Bruce I. Reiner MD |
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Report content has remained static for decades, a surprising fact, given the document's fundamental importance to the status and position of the radiologist in the medical setting. |
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Lockdown: Security Compliance Under HIPAA |
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by Tom Walsh CHS, CISSP |
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Policy alone is not sufficient to protect patient information: providers must conduct a thorough analysis to see what technology is necessary for compliance with the security standard. |
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