ImagingEconomics | For community hospitals, the challenges of EMR implementation are many, but achieving meaningful use is a must. When asked to provide advice to community hospitals facing the challenge of electronic medical record (EMR) implementation and demonstrating meaningful use, Keith J. Dreyer, MD, vice...
AuntMinnie | This question is not addressed in an article in press published 26 August in Radiotherapy and Oncology comparing the cost of radiotherapy at a Belgian hospital in calendar years 2000 and 2009. However, the content of the article -- a financial cost model showing how...
AuntMinnie | Polyethylene glycol (PEG), the standard bowel cleansing preparation for conventional colonoscopy, did just a little better than magnesium citrate at virtual colonoscopy, according to researchers writing in Radiology. The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study prospectively compared the effectiveness of cleansing and...
DiagnosticImaging | The ACR called on CMS to scrap proposed payment cuts in the Medicare Fee Schedule Rule for 2012, saying the reduction is “scientifically unfounded, based on flawed assumptions and may limit patients’ ability to receive efficient care.” In a letter commenting on the proposed...
imagingBiz | Rural health networks nationwide will receive more than $11.9 million to support their adoption of health information technology (HIT) and certified electronic health records (EHR), the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced last Friday.The funding is also intended to assist participating...