Hospital Radiology Partners

Is the Private Practice Radiologist Extinct? Or merely an endangered species? Posted on January 22, 2013 by Mary M. Saltz, MD Once, a baby shower marked a step to acceptance, a tribute to unity. I had joined a big, powerful private practice as a green Radiologist just out of training, and it was not easy to get a footing in that…

Hidden in plain sight—Finding Waldo at the Greenbrier CAD and Radiology-channeling our inner Cyborg The Greenbrier Hotel, the place, the year 1960…A hotel of luxury, an immense resort serving the Washington elite since the 1700s was chosen as the site of an emergency evacuation bunker for Washington government elite in case of a cold … Continue reading →

Radiogenomics— on the Road to Personalized Radiology An odd tumor of the pancreas, held in the hand, a death-the history of watery profuse diarrhea. Why, what, how? That was the gross pathology of discovery, a window to disease. The year was 1958, the pathologist, my father Duke, … Continue reading →

The French Radiologist Scandal! Radiologist Loses Arms—French Pioneer Makes New Sacrifice for Resear That was in 1941[i] …. Have people really changed since then? Do doctors want to harm patients? What about William Hope Fowler… a Radiologist who died in 1933 at age 57, losing one finger after another to the ravages of … Continue reading →

Once Upon a Time...An X-ray jacket—the Radiology Wiki that was Mornings were rough, but Sylvia was right there with a cup of coffee, just the way I liked it, lots of milk-no sugar. That was pretty special, a mark of importance, because she did not bring coffee to just anyone—after all … Continue reading →

CMS announces 450 health care organizations will participate in Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. http://tinyurl.com/bzd6cd2

CMS OKs Applications For Bundled Payment Initiative The initiative is designed to test whether this payment model will lower costs without undermining the quality of care.

Engagement is the Next Frontier for Connected Health. http://tinyurl.com/b5fxcn9

Engagement is the Next Frontier for Connected Health Seeing the fast-growing market for personal connected health devices displayed at the recent Consumer Electronics Show, I couldn't help but reflect on how far consumer connected health has come. No...

It’s Time for Intrapreneurs To Lead Change From Inside The Company http://tinyurl.com/auyr9q4

It’s Time for Intrapreneurs to Lead Change from Inside the Company | AT&T Networking Exchange Blog Empower Employees to Innovate

Social Media Changing Healthcare Landscape http://tinyurl.com/bcqfw47

Social Media Changes Healthcare Landscape -- InformationWeek New book explores the shifting role of the patient thanks to Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, and warns that this phenomenon shouldn't be ignored.

The Eye of the Needle -- Patient Centered Interventional Radiology Is it harder to pass through the eye of a needle than for radiologists to regain control of interventional radiology? As a child I liked to sew, making an idea a three-dimensional a concept. Threading the needle to bring a … Continue reading →

Proposed Meaningful Use Stage 3 Requirements Criticiized as Too Strict. http://tinyurl.com/as55skb

Proposed meaningful use stage 3 criticized as hasty and too strict - amednews.com Rigid requirements to meet electronic health record measures will trip up physicians attempting to stop upcoming penalties, warn the AMA and others in organized medicine.

Using Digital Health to create engagement, interoperability, and care coordination. http://tinyurl.com/ay28g6x

Will Payers Lead Digital Health? Payers such as UnitedHealthcare are enabling connections among patients, providers, and employers. Insurers embrace data and the better healthcare dec