June 2009


Features

Cover Story
The Obama Administration: Impact on Imaging
  It started with the promise of health care access for all and a pledge to modernize the health care system.
Cover photo by
Pete Souza

Meaningful Search
  by Michael Uretz
  Make your EHR search "meaningful" while the ONC works out missing details.
Into the Breach
  by Greg Thompson
  The HITECH Act brings with it a host of patient privacy issues and greater security concerns for providers, business associates, and vendors.
A Working Model?
  by Cynthia Kincaid
  The Obama budget sees RBMs as SOS relief for spiraling imaging costs.
Words of Advice
  by Tor Valenza
  Radiology departments know how speech recognition technologies can help ease the transition to EHRs.


Sections

REGULATORY WATCH
  ARRA provides hospitals with funds to treat the country's neediest cases.
BEST PRACTICES
  Software that screens for unnecessary exams could prove an alternative to RBMs.
IMAGING INFORMATICS
  by Renee DiIulio
  EMRs are complex, but can improve care and lower costs.
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
  by Amy Lillard
  Kid-friendly CT scanner makes everyone smile.

Departments

  LATERAL VIEW
Czar Power
  by Marianne Matthews
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
  THE LAST WORD
A Federal Guessing Game
  by Fred Gaschen, MBA

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