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ASSET MANAGEMENT

  • How to Develop a 5-Year Capital Plan
    (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Reading Rooms and File Rooms to Paperless/Filmless Made Easy: NOT!
    (Tuesday)
  • Justifying PACS Regardless of Size
    (Tuesday)
  • Deciphering PACS Price Quotes: 10 Tips for Normalizing Pricing Across Vendors
    (Thursday)
COMMUNICATIONS/INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
  • Going Totally Filmless in a High Volume OR:  A Success Story (Monday)
  • Building Excellence in Filmless and Paperless Initiatives: Case Studies on Team Building and Group Dynamics
    (Monday)
  • Reading Rooms and File Rooms to Paperless/Filmless Made Easy: NOT!
    (Tuesday)
  • Speech Recognition: Better Care and Lower Cost
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
ELECTRONIC IMAGING/PACS/TECHNOLOGY
  • PACS Administration: Creating the Support Team
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Going Totally Filmless in a High Volume OR:  A Success Story
    (Monday)
  • PACS Policies and Procedures: Don’t Go Live Without Them
    (Monday)
  • Planning, Developing and Operating PET/CT in a Community Hospital
    (Monday)
  • Building Excellence in Filmless and Paperless Initiatives: Case Studies on Team Building and Group Dynamics
    (Monday)
  • MRI Suite Safety 101: What Can Be Done to Improve Patient Safety and Throughput
    (Tuesday)
  • MRI Suite Buildout 201: Developing Your Next MRI Project
    (Tuesday)
  • Taking Control of CT Contrast Injection
    (Tuesday)
  • Reading Rooms and File Rooms to Paperless/Filmless Made Easy: NOT!
    (Tuesday)
  • Managing the Digital X-Ray Department
    (Tuesday)
  • Justifying PACS Regardless of Size
    (Tuesday)
  • Setting Up A Cardiac CT Program: One Community Hospital’s Experience
    (Tuesday)
  • Full Field Digital Mammography – Not When… But How
    (Wednesday, Thusday)
  • Workflow, Service Metrics and Patient Safety in Multi-detector Computed Tomography (MDCT)
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Speech Recognition: Better Care and Lower Cost
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Deciphering PACS Price Quotes: 10 Tips for Normalizing Pricing Across Vendors
    (Thursday)
  • Digital Diseases and Congenital Abnormalities of PACS
    (Thursday)
  • Slice Overload and the Enterprise-Wide Solution
    (Thursday)
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
  • Budgeting for Radiology Administrators
    (Sunday – separate fee required)
  • Maximizing the Imaging Center Revenue Cycle
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • How to Develop a 5-Year Capital Plan
    (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Basics of Interventional Radiology Coding
    (Tuesday)
  • Revenue Enhancement: Ill Bet You Havent Tried This!
    (Wednesday)
  • Radiology Denial Management Strategies that Work (Wednesday)
  • Improving Accuracy of Charge Capture for Interventional Radiology Procedures
    (Wednesday)
  • Winning The Jackpot: The Keys to Successful Budget Creation, Review, And Defense
    (Thursday)
HUMAN RESOURCES
  • Improving Customer Service in Radiology
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • PACS Administration: Creating the Support Team
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Leadership Development and Succession Planning: A Model for Medical Imaging Services
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Situational Leadership II
    (Monday)
  • Manage This! 3 Secrets To Coaching Your Team To Greatness!
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Self Control and Self Discipline: Its All About Me
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Patient Care from the Eyes of the Patient
    (Monday)
  • Delivering Difficult Information
    (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Accountability, Delegation and Measurable Goals
    (Tuesday, Thursday)
  • Can You Justify a Dedicated Radiology Coder in Your Organization?
    (Wednesday)
  • Maximize Your Productivity Through Mentoring and Solid Management Practices
    (Wednesday)
  • Management Myths and Magic
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Discover Your Communication Style and Improve Your Effectiveness through DiSC
    (Wednesday)
  • Becoming Culturally Competent in an Ever-Changing Society (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Development of the Radiologist Assistant: An Education and Certification Update
    (Wednesday)
  • Thank Goodness for Chocolate! A Lighthearted Look at Customer Service
    (Thursday)
  • Courageous, Outrageous, and Highly Contagious Service Leaders
    (Thursday)
  • Identifying Elements of Job Satisfaction to Improve Staff Retention
    (Thursday)
IMAGING CENTERS
  • Improving Customer Service in Radiology
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • How to Audit APC Charts
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • PACS Administration: Creating the Support Team
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Leadership Development and Succession Planning: A Model for Medical Imaging Services
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Situational Leadership II
    (Monday)
  • Maximizing the Imaging Center Revenue Cycle
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • PACS Policies and Procedures: Don’t Go Live Without Them
    (Monday)
  • Recognizing the Need for an Outpatient Imaging Center and the Pros and Cons of Joint Venture Models
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Patient Care from the Eyes of the Patient
    (Monday)
  • MRI Suite Safety 101: What Can Be Done to Improve Patient Safety and Throughput
    (Tuesday)
  • How to Develop a 5-Year Capital Plan
    (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Documentation Requirement for CPT® and ICD-9 Compliance
    (Tuesday)
  • MRI Suite Buildout 201: Developing Your Next MRI Project
    (Tuesday)
  • JCAHO 2006-2007 Update for Freestanding Imaging and Diagnostic Centers Not Associated with a Hospital
    (Tuesday)
  • Managing the Digital X-Ray Department
    (Tuesday)
  • Justifying PACS Regardless of Size
    (Tuesday)
  • Strong Branding Creates a Competitive Edge
    (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Full Field Digital Mammography - Not When...But How
    (Wednesday, Thusday)
  • Can You Justify a Dedicated Radiology Coder in Your Organization?
    (Wednesday)
  • Workflow, Service Metrics and Patient Safety in Multi-detector Computed Tomography (MDCT)
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Speech Recognition: Better Care and Lower Cost
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Healthcare Legal Issues That Impact Radiology Practices
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Mapping and Development of Breast Center Practice
    (Wednesday)
  • The Dice Are Out: What Performance Improvement is Really All About
    (Wednesday)
  • Understanding a New Paradigm for Creating a Contract to Manage Services, Including Third-Party and OEM Maintenance
    (Wednesday)
  • Development of the Radiologist Assistant: An Education and Certification Update
    (Wednesday)
  • Improving Accuracy of Charge Capture for Interventional Radiology Procedures
    (Wednesday)
  • Utilizing Six Sigma Methodology to Create a Patient-Focused Womens Center
    (Thursday)
  • Interventional Radiology Coding for Beginners (Thursday)
  • Who is Really Responsible? Management in a Modern Radiology Department
    (Thursday)
  • Unannounced Surveys: Contributing to Risk Management and Patient Safety
    (Thursday)
  • Digital Diseases and Congenital Abnormalities of PACS
    (Thursday)
  • Slice Overload and the Enterprise-Wide Solution
    (Thursday)
MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONS
  • Budgeting for Radiology Administrators
    (Sunday – separate fee required)
  • Improving Customer Service in Radiology
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • How to Audit APC Charts
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • PACS Administration: Creating the Support Team
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Leadership Development and Succession Planning: A Model for Medical Imaging Services
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Maximizing the Imaging Center Revenue Cycle
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Manage This! 3 Secrets To Coaching Your Team To Greatness!
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • PACS Policies and Procedures: Don’t Go Live Without Them
    (Monday)
  • Recognizing the Need for an Outpatient Imaging Center and the Pros and Cons of Joint Venture Models
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Patient Care from the Eyes of the Patient
    (Monday)
  • MRI Suite Safety 101: What Can Be Done to Improve Patient Safety and Throughput
    (Tuesday)
  • How to Develop a 5-Year Capital Plan
    (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Managing Clinical Ladders in Your Department
    (Tuesday)
  • MRI Suite Buildout 201: Developing Your Next MRI Project
    (Tuesday)
  • Reading Rooms and File Rooms to Paperless/Filmless Made Easy: NOT!
    (Tuesday)
  • Basics of Interventional Radiology Coding
    (Tuesday)
  • Accountability, Delegation and Measurable Goals
    (Tuesday, Thursday)
  • Managing the Digital X-Ray Department
    (Tuesday)
  • Justifying PACS Regardless of Size
    (Tuesday)
  • Strong Branding Creates a Competitive Edge
    (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Setting Up A Cardiac CT Program: One Community Hospital’s Experience
    (Tuesday)
  • Revenue Enhancement: Ill Bet You Havent Tried This!
    (Wednesday)
  • Can You Justify a Dedicated Radiology Coder in Your Organization?
    (Wednesday)
  • Maximize Your Productivity Through Mentoring and Solid Management Practices
    (Wednesday)
  • Management Myths and Magic
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Speech Recognition: Better Care and Lower Cost
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • The Art of War: Strategies for Winning the Cardiovascular/Interventional Turf War
    (Wednesday)
  • Mapping and Development of Breast Center Practice
    (Wednesday)
  • The Dice Are Out: What Performance Improvement is Really All About
    (Wednesday)
  • Becoming Culturally Competent in an Ever-Changing Society
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Understanding a New Paradigm for Creating a Contract to Manage Services, Including Third-Party and OEM Maintenance
    (Wednesday)
  • Winning The Jackpot: The Keys to Successful Budget Creation, Review, And Defense
    (Thursday)
  • Utilizing Six Sigma Methodology to Create a Patient-Focused Womens Center
    (Thursday)
  • Who is Really Responsible? Management in a Modern Radiology Department
    (Thursday)
  • Disaster Planning: Are We Ever Really Prepared?
    (Thursday)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Leadership Development and Succession Planning: A Model for Medical Imaging Services
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Moving to the Executive Suite: What You Need to Know Before You Go
    (Monday)
  • Situational Leadership II
    (Monday)
  • Manage This! 3 Secrets To Coaching Your Team To Greatness!
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Self Control and Self Discipline: Its All About Me
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Lessons Learned...Happiness Earned
    (Tuesday)
  • Delivering Difficult Information
    (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Maximize Your Productivity Through Mentoring and Solid Management Practices
    (Wednesday)
  • Management Myths and Magic
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Discover Your Communication Style and Improve Your Effectiveness through DiSC
    (Wednesday)
  • Becoming Culturally Competent in an Ever-Changing Society
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Thank Goodness for Chocolate! A Lighthearted Look at Customer Service
    (Thursday)
  • Courageous, Outrageous, and Highly Contagious Service Leaders
    (Thursday)

REGULATION/ACCREDITATION

  • How to Audit APC Charts
    (Monday, Tuesday)
  • JCAHO 2006-2007 Update for Hospital Imaging Departments
    (Monday)
  • Managing the Communication of Critical Test Results for Radiology Administrators
    (Monday)
  • American College of Radiology Diagnostic Modality Accreditation Programs: Update for 2006
    (Monday)
  • Documentation Requirement for CPT® and ICD-9 Compliance
    (Tuesday)
  • Interventional Radiology Coding: Is it Time for Dedication?
    (Tuesday)
  • JCAHO 2006-2007 Update for Freestanding Imaging and Diagnostic Centers Not Associated with a Hospital
    (Tuesday)
  • Radiology Denial Management Strategies that Work
    (Wednesday)
  • Healthcare Legal Issues That Impact Radiology Practices
    (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Improving Accuracy of Charge Capture for Interventional Radiology Procedures
    (Wednesday)
  • Interventional Radiology Coding for Beginners
    (Thursday)
  • Unannounced Surveys: Contributing to Risk Management and Patient Safety
    (Thursday)