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GE HealthCare Preps for SIR 2024

GE HealthCare will showcase its latest technologies in image guiding solutions, surgery, ultrasound and CT-navigation at the upcoming 2024 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting taking place March 23-28 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The...

Samsung Accepts Healthcare Innovator Award

Boston Imaging, the United States headquarters of Samsung’s digital radiography and ultrasound business, was awarded HHM Health’s Healthcare Innovator Award

AHRA Co-Founder Passes Away

On March 2, 2024, Louise Broadley passed away at 101 years old. AHRA shared the news via an email and website post that reads, “She was a noble woman, who not only achieved many milestones within the imaging profession, but likewise paved the way for aspiring leaders...

Artificial Intelligence Paper Outlines FDA’s Approach to Protect Public Health and Promote Ethical Innovation

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its “Artificial Intelligence and Medical Products: How CBER, CDER, CDRH, and OCP are Working Together,” which outlines how FDA’s medical product centers are working together to protect public health while...

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The Rise of Data and Decision-Making

By Jef Williams You are likely working on an analytics or business intelligence (BI) initiative. It seems like we all are. But how do we think about this data we have been...

To 3D or Not to 3D

By Melody Mulaik While the 3D procedures codes 76376 and 76377 have existed for a number of years, questions still arise as to their appropriate application. The answer...

The Data Trap

There is now a sharp focus on everything being measurable and performance goals must be measurable. This metric focus has bled into institutional strategies with many organizations tying their strategic goals to data outcomes.

Data usage agreements and the new normal

The people who wrote the HIPAA laws did not and could not have known how quickly technology would develop so that the patient would not be able to maintain the protections HIPAA intended.

Breaking Down the GI Codes

Ensuring the correct code assignment for diagnostic gastrointestinal codes is more straightforward in 2020 as long as the extent of the exam and the use of single or double contrast is properly documented in the radiology report. The current trend of revising codes to ensure clarity and consistency is welcome indeed. 

The Changing Role of the Patient

The role of the patient in health care is changing. What was once considered a unidirectional experience (the doctor runs the show) has become a consumer-driven model.

Conflict Resolution 401: Conflict Resolution in Action

These five steps don’t come naturally. You must make a conscious choice to do them. But the five steps, used in order, give you a proven plan for resolving conflict. Remember, conflict is inevitable, but unresolved conflicts demoralize a team. Therefore, you must resolve to resolve conflict, and the Relationship Ladder is a great tool for doing it.

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