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taBle of contentS August 2008 Volume 6, Number 8 DEPARTMENTS 02 on the WeB › HealthImaging.com COVER STORY 08 | 05 the enterpriSe › Sum of the Savings Best Practices in Imaging & IT this year’s winners bring impressive resumes, tales of major cost savings and return on investment and excellence in patient care and staff satisfaction thanks to implementing and connecting digital imaging systems and image and information systems. A Staff Report 06 neWS upDate › Congress overrides Bush veto of Medicare bill, repealing physician cuts › CMS proposes 3% increase for outpatient payments, new imaging measures › Bush approves $150M budget boost to FDA › DEA proposes rules to allow for e-prescribing › FDA issues pediatric medical imaging advisory SPECIAL SECTION: BREAST IMAGING 20 | Interpreting the Spectrum: Breast Imaging & IT Options Abound By Lisa Fratt 31 reaDer’S reSource › Advertisers Index › Company Index 24 | Optimizing Breast MRI Reading By Beth Walsh August 2008 | Volume 6, Number 8 HealthImaging.com Digital Issue › CR Fast & Friendly Carving Out a Niche Securing Imaging Infrastructure Economical, Efficient, Easy › The Business Continuity Plan › Laser Imagers that Are Special Section: BreAst ImAgIng Interpreting the Spectrum: Breast Imaging & IT Options Abound Optimizing Breast MRI Reading all of the features of a print magazine — online. HealthImaging.com FEATURES ON THE COVER: Photo: © LWA/Riser/Getty Images 26 | technology outlook CR Fast & Friendly: Carving Out a Niche cr is filling important imaging roles at many facilities—flexibility and portability with trauma patients works well for smaller hospitals with limited resources. By Beth Walsh Health Imaging & IT (ISSN 1546-0002) is published monthly by TriMed Media Group, Inc. Copyright © 2008 by TriMed Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is forbidden without permission. Every precaution is taken to ensure accuracy of content; however, the information, opinions and statements expressed in the articles and advertisements herein are those of the writer and/or advertiser, and not necessarily those of the Publisher. Postage paid at Providence, RI, and at additional mailing offices. Subscriptions are available free of charge to qualified individuals. Publisher reserves the right to determine qualification for a free subscription. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Health Imaging & IT, PO Box 28125, Providence RI 02908. 28 | managing technology The Business Continuity Plan: Creating a Secure Imaging Infrastructure as imaging departments become increasingly digital, many are using different components of data storage, protection, migration and archiving to create a solid business continuity plan. By Sarah Lamberti 32 | people & technology Economical, Efficient, Easy Laser Imagers a community hospital and an imaging center group have found savvy ways to produce nondiagnostic prints for treatment planning and consultation while controlling costs. By Sarah Lamberti Healthimaging.com august 2008 | Health Imaging & IT 1 http://HealthImaging.com http://Healthimaging.com

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