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VNA, Vendor-Neutral Archive is being used to describe “digital medical imaging storage solutions independent from modality manufacturers, which offer cost reduction and interoperability”. The term has been in use for a few months, and media and studies are making it a term used more and more. Worthwile noting: Capsite study in the US.
Thomson Reuters reported that the profit margin of U.S. hospitals was 3.1 % in the 3rd quarter of 2009, up from 0.17 % in the 3rd quarter of 2008. The increase in profit margin applied to all classes of hospitals, including small, medium and large community hospitals, as well as teaching hospitals and major academic medical centers.Total hospital margins improved in the 1st quarter, with about 30 % of hospitals operating in the red–a big improvement over the 50 % reported in the 3rd quarter.
Source. Radiologists‘ workloads grew substantially in the past few years, with procedures increasing 7 % and physician work relative value units (RVUs) increasing 10 % from 2002-2003 to 2006-2007, according to research published in this month‘s Radiology by Mythreyi Bhargavan, PhD, from the research department at the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the department of radiology and radiological science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues.In 2006-2007, the researchers reported that the average annual workload per FTE radiologist was 14,900 procedures, an increase of 7 % since 2002-2003 and 34 % since 1991-1992.
