September 2007


Features

Cover Story
The Pay for Performance Puzzle
  by Ann H. Carlson
  A fragmented health care system poses many challenges to implementing fair P4P initiatives.

CDHC Plans: Ethis, Advertising, and Education
  by Nikos Valance
  Economic issues can be at odds with ethical decision-making.
Control Service Operating Expenses Using Equipment Maintenance Insurance
  by Dean Kaufman
  Service contracts, like insurance, are a means of risk management.
The State of MRI Safety
  by Tobias Gilk, with Robert A. Bell, PhD
  New standards have made MR suites safer and clear the way for ACR accreditation.
Shifting Sands
  by Cherrill Farnsworth
  Diagnostic imaging is in the midst of a culture change.


Sections

PAYOR WATCH
  Insurer reinstates payments for CAD.
THE DEPARTMENT
  DRA curtails purchasing.
PRACTICE DYNAMICS
  High-volume CR exceeds expectations.
IMAGING INFORMATICS
  Survey: Paperless medical records tough to embrace.
IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
  Imaging's role in Alzheimer's research highlighted.

Departments

  LATERAL VIEW
Bridging Politics and Reality
  by Dan Anderson
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
  September 2007
  THE LAST WORD
Whither Art Thou, Quality?
  by Cheryl Proval

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