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 | 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...
AuntMinnie | It's a well-known fact that the U.S. government did not develop "meaningful use" with radiologists in mind. However, the program may turn out to have strong benefits for imaging specialists that go beyond stimulus funding, according to a new article in the September...
imagingBiz | A comprehensive anti-fraud initiative undertaken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under health reform law will soon force some physicians in the Medicare program to revalidate their individual enrollment records, the agency has announced. CMS will gradually send revalidation requests by...
DiagnosticImaging | A new technique combining electrocardiographs (ECG) and computed tomography (CT) paints a more accurate picture of the electrical activity of a beating heart, according to a new study in Science Translational Medicine. The technique, which its inventors call electrocardiographic imaging, or ECGI, can...