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Markle Foundation: A Framework for Meaningful Use and Certified or Qualified EHR
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CHIME Statement on Meaningful Use of Health IT
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AHIMA Statement on Meaningful Use Within Provisions of ARRA
[pdf]

Wall Street Journal Lessons in Leadership
[site]

NCRP Radiation Dose Report
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Health Spending Projections Through 2018: Recession Effects Add Uncertainty to the Outlook
[site]

National Spending By Medical Condition, 1996-2005
[site]

ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards
[site]

Strategies for Reducing Bad Debt
[pdf]

Accounting for the Cost of US Health Care: A New Look at Why Americans Spend More
[pdf]

Are You Optimizing Your Contract Performance Data?
[pdf]

A Framework to Guide Health Care Reform
[pdf]

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Features

RBMs: The Debate Heats Up
After a false start, RBMs have come on strong, but the advent of computerized physician order entry leads some to believe there are better ways to control imaging utilization

The Current State of Radiology Administration
Penny Olivi, MBA, CRA, FAHRA, RT, answers questions exploring the state of the profession and the challenges of operating in a down economy

Storage Dilemmas in the MDCT World
Be aware of clinical, customer-service, and medicolegal issues in devising an image-storage solution for MDCT studies—and know that the interpretation tools are in transition

OIC Strategy: Build, Buy, or Sell
Health systems are forging ahead with strategies to deploy outpatient imaging centers despite economic ills

Emergence Consumerism in Imaging
Hurried along by economic hard times, consumerism is making an impact on diagnostic imaging choices, and savvy practices are responding

Shared Services: A Strategy to Reduce Costs Without Compromising Patient Care
If the hurdles can be cleared, sharing costs across disparate providers can yield economies

Priors

• New Way or Doomsday
• Dealing With Health Plans Costs Physicians Billions
• Trends and Tactics for IT Spending
• Maximizing MRI Throughput With Efficient Scheduling
• Beware the Zone of Indifference
• Leading Large in Michigan

Marketplace

• PACS + AV Tools
• RIS/PACS Bulks Up With New Features
• Cardiovascular PACS Enhances Workflow
• Mammography CAD Digitizer
• Breast MRI-guided Intervention Software Cleared
• Radiology Results Added to Insurance-verification Software

Popular Features

Minnesota's Bold Experiment: Radiologist as RBM
Minnesota's imaging providers become outpatient imaging gatekeepers

Physician Productivity Tracking Takes Hold
With reimbursement declining, more practices are wading into the dangerous waters of tracking radiologists' productivity

Trends in Managed Care Cost Containment: What Will They Think of Next?
A former managed care executive predicts that accreditation/credentialing and cost transparency are next up in insurers' campaigns to contain imaging costs

Imaging Center Valuation: What is Your Facility Worth?
While recent imaging center deals indicate valuations all over the board, there are reasons why some centers command top dollar and others reflect fire-sale prices.

Enterprise PACS: A Good Thing for Radiology?
Considerable benefits accrue to the institution when approaching PACS outside the radiology box.