Trend Watch 2011, Trends in Imaging and Radiation Oncology
December 2010 - The passage of major health care reform legislation and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) adds uncertainty to an already unclear outlook for diagnostic imaging. While the effect of the PPACA's imaging payment reductions is pretty dear, the overall affect of such provisions as mandated insurance coverage and the somewhat mysterious accountable care organizations (ACOs) isn't. While much about the future of imaging is a bit foggy (like the future of the PPACA itself in the current tumultuous political climate), a number of imaging trends have enough momentum for the field to survive intact.
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Patient Kiosks Deliver Benefits to Imaging Centers, AuntMinnie.com
June 25, 2010 – As imaging informatics tools steadily automate many functions of radiology departments and imaging centers, patient kiosks could become a front-office fixture. Hospital admissions and other departments have been early adopters, but radiology facilities are also starting to use kiosks to their workflow and financial advantage.
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Time to Put Patients First, Health Leaders
May 2010 – How America's hospitals have lost touch with their top priority — and what healthcare leaders are doing to fix it.
At the core, healthcare has just one mission: caring for patients. And yet it still fails them along the entire spectrum of care. Americans can't understand why they must wait months for an appointment with a specialist. They continually hear horror stories about wrong-site surgeries and hospital-acquired infections. They have trouble getting their physicians, specialists, and alternative providers to talk to each other—let alone communicate effectively with them. And then they get a bill for it all that they can't understand.
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