2013 September/October

The patient is the center of the healthcare universe, and imaging is no exception. Health Imaging’s inaugural Patient-Centric Imaging Awards spotlight patient engagement at five stellar groups.

What nuclear medicine is now to presurgical planning, optical molecular imaging may soon become to intraoperative tumor removal.

Nearly half of U.S. physicians responding to a survey about burnout reported at least one symptom of burnout, researchers reported in a study published online August 20, 2012, in Archives of Internal Medicine. The researchers reported that radiologists face a slightly higher than average rate of burnout, a finding that doesn’t surprise many radiologists.

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Getting images via health information exchange represents a unique technical challenge—and opportunity for collaboration. Watch the video.

The operative phrase for PET reimbursement circa 2013 may be “cautiously optimistic.”

When it comes to accepting acquisition by hospitals, many cardiology practices are increasingly all in. Can radiologists buck the trend?

Change is constant. This is true in life in general and in the world of healthcare especially, as I’m sure you are keenly aware. This month there also happens to be some big changes here at Health Imaging.

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