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April 16th 2024
A new study shows that GPT-4 may offer comparable error detection rates to those of attendings and radiology residents in reviewing radiology reports, but researchers noted key caveats as well.
Rising health-care costs might have silver lining
January 30th 1991Americans' insistence on high-quality, high-tech health care couldinsulate the medical imaging market from the economic downturnfacing most of the nation's industries. Company revenues fromsales of x-ray equipment grew by 11.8% in 1990, according to
Medscan charts new name, direction
January 30th 1991Medscan, a Philadelphia imaging center company, appeared at the1990 Radiological Society of North America with a new identityand plans for expanded services. Although the firm's RSNA exhibitand product literature bore the label Americare Technologies
New products join Fuji in computed radiography
January 30th 1991Competition in computed radiography may soon heat up for Fuji,the lone pioneer in the CR market for nearly a decade. Both Kodakand Agfa showed works-in-progress CR units at the 1990 RadiologicalSociety of North America meeting. Clinicians are showing
Medical analyst sheds Wall Street fixation
January 16th 1991Industry executives disturbed by financial analysts' quarterlyfixation might be interested to know that some analysts preferto think long-term. A 21-year veteran health-care analyst haslaunched his own consulting business and is refreshed by the changeof
Center firm sells MRI to managed-care groups
January 16th 1991Declining Medicare reimbursement for magnetic resonance imagingscans combined with bargain-shopping by managed-health-care groupsspells trouble for high-field MRI centers, said Leonard F. Vernon,president and CEO of Imaging Management Associates. Centers
MRI prices fall sharply in markets outside U.S.
January 16th 1991Tight reimbursement and improvements in low-field technology havecombined to force down the prices of magnetic resonance imagingsystems sold in Japan and Europe. Japanese MRI prices have beendeclining for at least two years, and this trend has spread
Proactive steps boost your position in negotiations with hospitals
October 4th 1Like many groups, we feel like we are always in the midst of negotiations with our hospital. During each renegotiation, it seems that the hospital starts by describing our deficiencies. Often, the barrage would start before the negotiations commenced. Missed cases were brought up, as were issues related to personnel conflicts. Irregularities in report turnaround might be mentioned, and unhappy clinicians seemed to suddenly surface.
Q&A: Maximizing Profits in Hospital-Based Radiology Practices, Part 1
September 14th 1In the first of this four-part series, Medical Management Professionals Inc.'s Jana Landreth discusses effective metrics for measuring revenue and the single biggest cause of lost revenue for hospital-based radiologists.