The Industrial-strength Imaging Executive
by Curtis Kauffman-Pickelle
Today’s medical-imaging profession is definitely not for the fragile and weak-kneed among our colleagues. It is becoming increasingly clear that navigating the constant changes and challenges that face the practice of radiology today will be the ultimate test of tenacity, perseverance, and creativity. We’re in the playoffs now, and the game is moving to the big-time arena—where the margin for error is nil.
Finger in the Wind
by Cheryl Proval
Physicians are in a real bind as fee-for-service reimbursement falls under attack and alternative payment methods (such as bundling and capitation) gain traction in Washington, DC. As of June 18, Medicare Part B claims were being processed with the 21.3% cut mandated by the sustainable growth rate’s formula, and House Democrats demanded legislation on jobs before they would pass the Senate bill to reverse the cut.
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Keep Your Hospital Relationships Healthy: Strategies for Every Practice
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Randy Roat, CHBME, VP of Radiology, MMP, and George Ehrhardt, CPA, Director, Practice Management, MMP
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RIS to the Rescue | Strategies for Driving Revenue, Productivity and Profitability
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Radisphere National Radiology Group Launches
To further its aim of extending subspecialty radiology services to community hospitals, Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology, Beachwood, Ohio, recently announced the creation of a new company called Radisphere National Radiology Group
From Here to Eternity: Extending the Franchise Through Distributed-reading Solutions
Few developments in radiology have been more productive (or disruptive) than the advent of PACS. To PACS, radiology owes its ability to increase productivity dramatically during the past 10 years, thereby conserving income levels at a time of diminishing reimbursement.
Automating Management of Critical Results
When Jane Wheatley, CEO of Taylor Regional Hospital, Campbellsville, Kentucky, needed to make a decision regarding her facility’s handling of radiology services
24/7 Coverage: The New Norm
Teleradiology has reshaped the delivery of imaging services across the board, but it has had a particularly strong impact on around-the-clock coverage.
Keeping Country Radiology Cool
A rising tide lifts all boats, as the saying goes, and thanks to the hastening deployment of subspecialty teleradiology, some of the smallest imaging-department boats are riding high.
F&S Chair Frank Seidelmann, D.O.: On the Radiologist of the Future
Frank Seidelmann, D.O., is cofounder and chair of Franklin and Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology, Beachwood, Ohio.
Day for Night, East for West
Teleradiology permeates the specialty as practices cross state, regional, and global boundaries to purchase and practice radiology
Detangling Teleradiology in Private Practice
Only a Web-based, thin-client system should be considered by teleradiology providers, according to J. Raymond Geis, MD. It is also vital, Geis says, to make all information available on the Web and to save all data in a searchable form.
NightHawk Radiology: Trojan Horse or Saving Grace?
No one has played a greater role in transforming practice patterns in radiology than Paul S. Berger, MD.
Strategic Information-technology Deployment
In my 25 years of information technology management in four completely different industries (distribution, agricultural biotechnology, process manufacturing, and now health care).
Ron Hosenfeld and RivRad: Building an Effective Distributed Reading Solution
The road to a distributed reading model is paved with WAN accelerators, DICOM gateways, and sleepless nights, to hear one practice CIO describe it.
Get Over the Guilt: Leverage Teleradiology to Improve Hospital Service
Teleradiology has come a long way from its origins in the 1980s, when physicians would snap a photo of a film and transmit the image across telephone lines.
