Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Joseph F. Ruh named General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Carestream Health

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 10 — Joseph F. Ruh has been appointed General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Carestream Health effective immediately. In this role, he will lead the company’s worldwide legal organization and is a member of the company’s senior executive leadership team.

February 10, 2015

Codonics and CareFusion expand partnership

Advanced Integration delivers synchronized formulary management to the operating room to increase medication safety and security.

February 10, 2015

Junk study: Paper chock full of nonsense makes it into 17 journals

More than a dozen pay-for-publish open access medical journals accepted a hoax article studying the “neoplastic role of cacao extract in breakfast cereals.”

February 9, 2015

Intelerad Solutions awarded GSA Schedule 70 Contract

Intelerad’s industry-leading medical solutions now available through GSA Advantage!® website.

February 5, 2015

Singleton, pioneering pediatric radiologist, dies at 94

Edward Singleton, MD, the first physician hired at Houston’s Texas Children’s Hospital in 1952 died Jan. 10 at the age of 94.

January 20, 2015

Rayence appoints Bill Cioffi as Vice President of Business Development

Fort Lee, New Jersey, January 8, 2015 – Rayence Inc. announced the appointment of Bill Cioffi as Vice President of Business Development. Cioffi, an industry veteran who spent the majority of 35 year career in management positions at Fujifilm Medical Systems and later Del Medical, joined Rayence in mid-2014 as Director of Sales and Marketing.

January 9, 2015

Papworth Hospital unveils rapid imaging CT system designed to transform patient comfort

Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has officially unveiled a SOMATOM® Force in its Radiology Department to bolster its cardiac imaging services. The new technology was launched by Cambridge MP Dr Julian Huppert at the official opening of the system. The CT imaging system will benefit patients by using the lowest achievable dose and provide patients who suffer with shortness of breath with rapid scanning. With approximately half of all the hospital’s CT imaging consisting of cardiac procedures, it is anticipated the system will increase cardiac throughput.

January 8, 2015

FUJIFILM completes acquisition of Kalon Biotherapeutics

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies U.S.A. Inc. (FDBU), a FUJIFILM Corporation subsidiary, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Kalon Biotherapeutics LLC, marking an important new chapter in the emergence of the Texas biosciences industry as a center for world-class development and manufacturing of life-saving biopharmaceuticals and biotechnology while providing FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies with expanded capacity for its growing vaccine capabilities. The completion of the previously announced Purchase Interest Agreement of Kalon Biotherapeutics, LLC, was made with the owners of Kalon: the State of Texas, acting by and through the Office of the Governor, and The Texas A&M University System. The announcement was made jointly today by Governor Rick Perry; officials of FUJIFILM Corporation, FDBU and Mitsubishi Corporation; Kalon Biotherapeutics LLC; and the Texas A&M System. Going forward, the company is now known as FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Texas, LLC.

December 20, 2014

Around the web

Automated AI-generated measurements combined with annotated CT images can improve treatment planning and help referring physicians and patients better understand their disease, explained Sarah Jane Rinehart, MD, director of cardiac imaging with Charleston Area Medical Center.

Two advanced algorithms—one for CAC scores and another for segmenting cardiac chamber volumes—outperformed radiologists when assessing low-dose chest CT scans. 

"Gen AI can help tackle repetitive tasks and provide insights into massive datasets, saving valuable time," Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said Tuesday. 

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