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April 2007


Features

Cover Story
Meeting Radiology's Greatest Challenges: Culture and Leadership
  by Cheryl Proval
  What makes good organizations great? Business expert Jim Collins reveals what separates the best from the rest—and what that means for your practice.

Specialty Report: The Future of Breast Imaging
  by R. James Brenner, MD
  Dramatic leaps in technology, plus a dwindling number of specialists, make breast imaging a more promising field for radiologists.
Outpatient Imaging Centers: Building Blocks for Survival
  by Tor Valenza
  With outpatient imaging centers facing DRA reimbursement cuts, new IDTF standards, and threats to shared leasing arrangements, industry experts say the way to survive today—and tomorrow—is to get back to basics.


Sections

PAYOR WATCH
  Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 would mitigate DRA cuts; current reimbursement for radiation therapy treatments and breast MRI.
THE DEPARTMENT
  Mobile CT scanner reduces risk for ICU neuro patients; seeking a reimbursement change for MRgFUS; the role of materials management professionals in equipment purchases.
PRACTICE DYNAMICS
  Partnership offers RIS-integrated business services; TNRN connects payors and providers; "how to" manual outlines digital mammography transition.
IMAGING INFORMATICS
  Study shows cost savings achieved with RIS/PACS; new radiology search engines launched; a Q&A with NightHawk Radiology about its TDS acquisition.
IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
  ASTRO awarded for patient brochures and publications; saving the field of radiology; developing department leaders from within.

Departments

  LATERAL VIEW
Adapting to Change
  by Andi Lucas
  IDTFs, radiology practices, and magazines alike must learn this skill
  ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE
Coronary CTA: The Time Is Now
  by David A. Dowe, MD
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
  THE LAST WORD
The Unsustainable Growth Factor
  by Cheryl Proval
  The hunt is on to find a replacement for Medicare's sustainable growth rate factor

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