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RadRounds Radiology Network's Blog – March 2010 Archive (36)

Digital Radiography Summit Focuses on Safety Measures for Pediatric Imaging

On Feb. 4, the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging expanded the Image Gently initiative (www.imagegently.org) to digital radiography exams (standard x-ray technology) by hosting a Digital Radiography Summit at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis.

The summit bought together nearly 70 representatives from medical facilities, educational institutions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 9, 2010 at 10:29am — No Comments

CMS urges payment delay to defend physician payments

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING) -- It’s a kind of man bites dog story: unusual, remarkable, yet oddly plausible. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has told its contractors to hold claims containing services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for the first 10 business days of March.

On reading this, the… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 7, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Will CT overtake nuclear medicine in myocardial perfusion?

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING) -- It’s not enough that sidelined nuclear reactors are restricting the supply of technetium for cardiac SPECT. Or that reimbursements for SPECT procedures are falling. Now the besieged modality has to contend with a challenge from CT.

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina say CT can… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 6, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

ACR Sends Letter to President Urging Medicare Coverage of CT Colonography

March 2, 2010

The Honorable Barack H. Obama

President of the United States The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama,

On behalf of the 37,000 diagnostic radiologists, interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists represented by the American College of Radiology, we would like to congratulate you on your recent physical exam and your “clean bill of… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 5, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Gastroenterologists bash CT colonoscopy in letter to Obama

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING) -- News that President Obama received a clean bill of health from a virtual colonoscopy several days ago rubbed influential gastroenterologists the wrong way.

On Monday the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) fired off a letter to the president stating that “while a ‘virtual’ exam is better… Continue

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Merge buys AMICAS for $248 million in cash

AMICAS Agrees to Be Acquired by Merge Healthcare for $6.05 Per Share in Cash

Combination to Create a Leading Global Healthcare IT Provider and a Pure-Play Medical Imaging Software Vendor

AMICAS to Terminate Merger Agreement with Thoma Bravo Affiliate

BOSTON & MILWAUKEE-- AMICAS, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCS) and Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE) today announced that they will enter into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merge Acquisition Agreement”)… Continue

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Taipei hosts 2010 Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING) -- The Executive Committee of the Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology (AOSR) has chosen Taipei, Taiwan, as the site of the 2010 Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology. This 13th AOCR will be held at the Taipei International Convention Center March 20-23, and all individuals with common interests in the most… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 4, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Chest CT scan reimburses between $550 to $3,200

A recent interesting article by BusinessWeek begins to explore the strange, mysterious, and often non-transparent world of imaging procedure reimbursement. Numerous insurers including Medicare reimburse at different rates for the same procedure and the identical patient. As more of a spotlight is focused on medical imaging and cost-effectiveness, this article is well timed to bring this issue to light for the general public. This article cites that a Chest CT scan has been reportedly been… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 4, 2010 at 9:55pm — No Comments

HIMSS Poll: What’s your toughest clinical data management challenge? (Sponsored by Carestream Health)

HIMSS Poll: What’s your toughest clinical data management challenge?

The Everything Rad team at Carestream Health is getting excited for the HIMSS10 conference and will be rolling out a bevy of health IT discussion content throughout the coming weeks.

To kick…

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 3, 2010 at 11:54pm — No Comments

eFilm iPhone App Arrives! Merge Healthcare Launches eFilm Mobile™

New Apple iPhone® app brings eFilm Workstation® users a new world of mobile workflow

HIMSS 2010

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading health IT solutions provider, today announced the release of eFilm Mobile, an exciting new extension of the eFilm Workstation franchise. This mobile device application provides users of eFilm Workstation v3.3 secure access to worklists and studies from their iPhone® or iPod touch®, bringing many key components of… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 3, 2010 at 11:39pm — No Comments

ECR 2010 Photo Competition

ECR 2010 Photo Competition…

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ECR 2010 Party Ticket

ECR Party 2010…

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Merge and Massachusetts General Hospital sign partnership to collaborate on mobile healthcare applications

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Obama Gets Virtual Colonoscopy (CT Colonography) But Medicare Denies CTC Coverage to Seniors

President Obama Gets Virtual Colonoscopy (CT Colonography) But Medicare Denies CTC Coverage to Seniors

Medicare Should Cover Screening CT Colonography for Older Americans Who Want It

March 2, 2010 - Washington, DC – President Obama, in his first routine… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 2, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Figley Fellowship in Radiology Journalism - ARRS

The ARRS offers one-month annual fellowships in radiology journalism. Radiologists practicing in the U.S. and Canada are eligible for the Figley Fellowships every year. Figley Fellowships are announced in December of each year.

Purpose

1. To stimulate bright, promising radiologists to continue with an academic career, enhance their credentials, and stimulate interest in good radiology journalism.

2. To improve the quality of radiology journals by teaching the… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on March 1, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments