June 2007


Features

Cover Story
Changing PACS: Time, Money, and DICOM
  by Tor Valenza
  What is the real cost of transferring data? When upgrading their PACS, imaging facilities must weigh the cost and time involved in migrating data to the new system.

Taking Time Out for Technology
  by Ann H. Carlson
  With integrated scheduling and billing software, practices can streamline workflow and increase accuracy, cash flow, and patient satisfaction.


Sections

PAYOR WATCH
  ASTRO and the ACR offer a new radiation oncology coding guide; the ACR assists clinical research with its Image Metrix CRO.
THE DEPARTMENT
  Reducing costs with utilization management; GE Healthcare deploys a new service model optimization strategy.
PRACTICE DYNAMICS
  Leveraging leading-edge technology to expand the functionality of practice management software systems.
IMAGING INFORMATICS
  A Florida imaging organization uses advances in RIS technology to offset reimbursement cuts with improved efficiency.
IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
  Building physician referral networks; UPMC launches a web site for cancer patients on clinical trials.

Departments

  LATERAL VIEW
Care versus Scare
  by Dan Anderson
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
  June 2007
  THE LAST WORD
The Ticking Clock
  by Cheryl Proval

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