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Electronic Imaging/TechnologyElectronic Imaging/PACS/Technology

  • PACS Workflow in Motion (Sunday)
  • Operational Impacts and Benefits of Direct Digital Radiography (Sunday)
  • Planning Long-Term Requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Capacity and Capital (Sunday)
  • Improving the OR Exam Interpretation Process with PACS (Sunday, Monday)
  • Global Outsourcing and the Coming Revolution in Teleradiology Services (Monday)
  • The Devil is in the Details: Cost of Ownership of Your Equipment (Monday)
  • MRI Suite Safety Challenges, Including Seamless Upgrades from 1.5 to 3.0 Tesla (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • CR & DR - Working Together in One Department (Tuesday)
  • PACS: It’s Not What it Used to Be (Tuesday)
  • Data Migration: Optimizing Image Data Use to Improve Clinical Workflows (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Thinking About PACS? Critical First Steps Toward Success (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • How to Use and Measure the Productivity of Your RIS/PACS for Proactive Management of Radiology Workflow (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Integrating Your Systems: RIS, PACS, VR, and Document Management (Wednesday)
  • PET or PET/CT? The Questions That Must Be Answered (Wednesday)
  • Electronic Imaging Quality Assurance and Its Impact on Patient Safety (Wednesday)
  • Successful PACS Implementation for the Imaging Center (Thursday)
  • PACS Administration and Project Management (Thursday)
  • RHIO Integration - Are You Ready? (Thursday)

Human ResourcesHuman Resources

  • Six Sigma in Healthcare (Sunday)
  • Determining Your Personality Type: How to Use it Effectively as a Manager (Sunday)
  • Performance Feedback: Increasing Employee Involvement (Sunday)
  • My Job is Great...Except for the People (Sunday, Tuesday)
  • Staffing Today: Recruitment and Retention, Now and Forever (Sunday)
  • Advanced Sales Effectiveness (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Global Outsourcing and the Coming Revolution in Teleradiology Services (Monday)
  • Building Career Ladders in Imaging Departments (Wednesday)
  • The Language of Leadership: Overcoming Obstacles to Accountability (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Radiologist Assistants: Notes from Across the Pond (Wednesday)
  • The ABCD’s of Hiring the Right Person for the Job (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Education and the Developing Role of the Radiologist Assistant (Thursday)
  • Strategies for Contracting with Workers’ Compensation Payor Outsourcing Companies (aka “Brokers”) (Thursday)

Imaging CentersImaging Centers

  • Six Sigma in Healthcare (Sunday)
  • Operational Impacts and Benefits of Direct Digital Radiography (Sunday)
  • Planning Long-Term Requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Capacity and Capital (Sunday)
  • Are You Managing in the Dark? (Sunday)
  • Medical Imaging Reimbursement for Imaging Centers: 2005 Update (Monday)
  • A Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) Update and Avoiding Inspection Violations (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Advanced Sales Effectiveness (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Global Outsourcing and the Coming Revolution in Teleradiology Services (Monday)
  • The Devil is in the Details: Cost of Ownership of Your Equipment (Monday)
  • MRI Suite Safety Challenges, Including Seamless Upgrades from 1.5 to 3.0 Tesla (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • 2005 Nuclear Medicine Coding and Payment for Hospitals and Imaging Centers (Tuesday)
  • The Key to Strategic Growth: Research and Strategy (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • CR & DR - Working Together in One Department (Tuesday)
  • PACS: It’s Not What it Used to Be (Tuesday)
  • Imaging Centers: Creating an Effective Compliance Program (Tuesday)
  • Data Migration: Optimizing Image Data Use to Improve Clinical Workflows (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Increasing Revenue: 8 Systems You Can Take to the Bank (Tuesday)
  • Thinking About PACS? Critical First Steps Toward Success (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • How to Use and Measure the Productivity of Your RIS/PACS for Proactive Management of Radiology Workflow (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Developing a Pro Forma (Tuesday)
  • Integrating Your Systems: RIS, PACS, VR, and Document Management (Wednesday)
  • JCAHO 2005-2006 Update for Freestanding Imaging and Diagnostic Centers Not Associated with a Hospital (Wednesday)
  • Predictive Equipment Maintenance Effects on Department Workflow and Repair Budgets (Wednesday)
  • The Art of Forecasting Demand: Planning Wisely for Resource Expenditure (Wednesday)
  • Electronic Imaging Quality Assurance and Its Impact on Patient Safety (Wednesday)
  • Successful PACS Implementation for the Imaging Center (Thursday)
  • PACS Administration and Project Management (Thursday)
  • Equipment Management: The Good, the Bad and the Effective (Thursday)
  • Developing an MRI Safety Program for Emergency Response Personnel (Thursday)
  • RHIO Integration - Are You Ready? (Thursday)

Management/OpsManagement/Operations

  • Six Sigma in Healthcare (Sunday)
  • PACS Workflow in Motion (Sunday)
  • The "State of the State" in Imaging (Sunday, Monday)
  • Organization Techniques for the Successful Radiology Administrator (Sunday, Monday)
  • Budgeting for the Radiology Administrator (Sunday, Tuesday)
  • Radiologists and Administrators: Strengthening the Bonds (Sunday)
  • Operational Impacts and Benefits of Direct Digital Radiography (Sunday)
  • Planning Long-Term Requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Capacity and Capital (Sunday)
  • Improving the OR Exam Interpretation Process with PACS (Sunday, Monday)
  • Are You Managing in the Dark? (Sunday)
  • Managers “Tool Box” for Building Customer Loyalty (Sunday, Monday)
  • Advanced Sales Effectiveness (Monday, Tuesdayy)
  • Global Outsourcing and the Coming Revolution in Teleradiology Services (Monday)
  • Balanced Scorecards in Medical Imaging (Monday)
  • The Devil is in the Details: Cost of Ownership of Your Equipment (Monday)
  • MRI Suite Safety Challenges, Including Seamless Upgrades from 1.5 to 3.0 Tesla (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • The Key to Strategic Growth: Research and Strategy (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • CR & DR - Working Together in One Department (Tuesday)
  • PACS: It’s Not What it Used to Be (Tuesday)
  • Data Migration: Optimizing Image Data Use to Improve Clinical Workflows (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Increasing Revenue: 8 Systems You Can Take to the Bank (Tuesday)
  • Thinking About PACS? Critical First Steps Toward Success (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • How to Use and Measure the Productivity of Your RIS/PACS for Proactive Management of Radiology Workflow (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Developing a Pro Forma (Tuesday)
  • Integrating Your Systems: RIS, PACS, VR, and Document Management (Wednesday)
  • Improving the Bottom Line: Establishing a Denials Management Program (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • RFP: The Basics of Building and Using an Effective RFP for Capital Acquisitions (Wednesday)
  • PET or PET/CT? The Questions That Must Be Answered (Wednesday)
  • Predictive Equipment Maintenance Effects on Department Workflow and Repair Budgets (Wednesday)
  • The Language of Leadership: Overcoming Obstacles to Accountability (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • The Art of Forecasting Demand: Planning Wisely for Resource Expenditure (Wednesday)
  • Electronic Imaging Quality Assurance and Its Impact on Patient Safety (Wednesday)
  • You’ve Signed the Contract - So What’s Next? (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Successful PACS Implementation for the Imaging Center (Thursday)
  • PACS Administration and Project Management (Thursday)
  • A Radiology Primer for Access, Billing and Compliance (Thursday)
  • Strategies for Contracting with Workers’ Compensation Payor Outsourcing Companies (aka “Brokers”) (Thursday)
  • Equipment Management: The Good, the Bad and the Effective (Thursday)
  • Developing an MRI Safety Program for Emergency Response Personnel (Thursday)
  • RHIO Integration - Are You Ready? (Thursday)

Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development

  • Determining Your Personality Type: How to Use it Effectively as a Manager (Sunday)
  • Organization Techniques for the Successful Radiology Administrator (Sunday, Monday)
  • My Job is Great...Except for the People (Sunday, Tuesday)
  • Stressed is “Desserts” Spelled Backwards (Sunday)
  • Putting the “Fun” Back Into Dysfunctional (Sunday)
  • Leadership and Whole Body Communication (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Advanced Sales Effectiveness (Monday, Tuesday)
  • A Radiology Administrator Wears Many Hats (Monday)
  • Nobody Moved Your Cheese! (Tuesday)
  • AHRA Writer’s Workshop (Tuesday)
  • Life Skills for the 21st Century (Wednesday)
  • Service Enthusiasm (Wednesday)
  • The ABCD’s of Hiring the Right Person for the Job (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • How to Leave The Office Earlier! (Thursday)

Regulation/AccreditationRegulation/Accreditation

  • Radiology Coding Tips & Traps Part One (Sunday)
  • Radiology Coding Tips & Traps, Part Two (Sunday)
  • Medical Imaging Reimbursement for Imaging Centers: 2005 Update (Monday)
  • A Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) Update and Avoiding Inspection Violations (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Documentation Requirement for CPT® and ICD-9 Compliance (Monday)
  • 2005 Nuclear Medicine Coding and Payment for Hospitals and Imaging Centers (Tuesday)
  • JCAHO 2005-2006 Update for Hospital Imaging Departments (Tuesday)
  • Imaging Centers: Creating an Effective Compliance Program (Tuesday)
  • How the Transition to HOPPS Has Affected Radiology (Tuesday)
  • Help! I’m Responsible for Overseeing Coding! (Tuesday)
  • JCAHO 2005-2006 Update for Freestanding Imaging and Diagnostic Centers Not Associated with a Hospital (Wednesday)
  • Electronic Imaging Quality Assurance and Its Impact on Patient Safety (Wednesday)
  • Improving Coding Consistency Between Hospital and Radiologist (Wednesday)

AssetCRA - Asset Management

  • PACS Workflow in Motion (Sunday)
  • Operational Impacts and Benefits of Direct Digital Radiography (Sunday)
  • Planning Long-Term Requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Capacity and Capital (Sunday)
  • Improving the OR Exam Interpretation Process with PACS (Sunday, Monday)
  • The Devil is in the Details: Cost of Ownership of Your Equipment (Monday)
  • 2005 Nuclear Medicine Coding and Payment for Hospitals and Imaging Centers (Tuesday)
  • Developing a Pro Forma (Tuesday)
  • Integrating Your Systems: RIS, PACS, VR, and Document Management (Wednesday)
  • RFP: The Basics of Building and Using an Effective RFP for Capital Acquisitions (Wednesday)
  • PET or PET/CT? The Questions That Must Be Answered (Wednesday)
  • Predictive Equipment Maintenance Effects on Department Workflow and Repair Budgets (Wednesday)
  • You’ve Signed the Contract - So What’s Next? (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • PACS Administration and Project Management (Thursday)
  • Equipment Management: The Good, the Bad and the Effective (Thursday)

CRA - FiscalCRA - Fiscal Management

  • Radiology Coding Tips & Traps Part One (Sunday)
  • Budgeting for the Radiology Administrator (Sunday, Tuesday)
  • Operational Impacts and Benefits of Direct Digital Radiography (Sunday)
  • Planning Long-Term Requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Capacity and Capital (Sunday)
  • Radiology Coding Tips & Traps, Part Two (Sunday)
  • Improving the OR Exam Interpretation Process with PACS (Sunday, Monday)
  • Staffing Today: Recruitment and Retention, Now and Forever (Sunday)
  • Medical Imaging Reimbursement for Imaging Centers: 2005 Update (Monday)
  • Documentation Requirement for CPT® and ICD-9 Compliance (Monday)
  • Advanced Sales Effectiveness (Monday, Tuesday)
  • The Devil is in the Details: Cost of Ownership of Your Equipment (Monday)
  • Increasing Revenue: 8 Systems You Can Take to the Bank (Tuesday)
  • How the Transition to HOPPS Has Affected Radiology (Tuesday)
  • Help! I’m Responsible for Overseeing Coding! (Tuesday)
  • Developing a Pro Forma (Tuesday)
  • Improving the Bottom Line: Establishing a Denials Management Program (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • RFP: The Basics of Building and Using an Effective RFP for Capital Acquisitions (Wednesday)
  • Predictive Equipment Maintenance Effects on Department Workflow and Repair Budgets (Wednesday)
  • The Art of Forecasting Demand: Planning Wisely for Resource Expenditure (Wednesday)
  • You’ve Signed the Contract - So What’s Next? (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Improving Coding Consistency Between Hospital and Radiologist (Wednesday)
  • A Radiology Primer for Access, Billing and Compliance (Thursday)
  • Strategies for Contracting with Workers’ Compensation Payor Outsourcing Companies (aka “Brokers”) (Thursday)

CRA - Human ResourcesCRA - Human Resources

  • Six Sigma in Healthcare (Sunday)
  • Determining Your Personality Type: How to Use it Effectively as a Manager (Sunday)
  • Performance Feedback: Increasing Employee Involvement (Sunday)
  • My Job is Great...Except for the People (Sunday, Tuesday)
  • Staffing Today: Recruitment and Retention, Now and Forever (Sunday)
  • Documentation Requirement for CPT® and ICD-9 Compliance (Monday)
  • Global Outsourcing and the Coming Revolution in Teleradiology Services (Monday)
  • Building Career Ladders in Imaging Departments (Wednesday)
  • The Language of Leadership: Overcoming Obstacles to Accountability (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Radiologist Assistants: Notes from Across the Pond (Wednesday)
  • The ABCD’s of Hiring the Right Person for the Job (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Education and the Developing Role of the Radiologist Assistant (Thursday)

CRA CommunicationsCRA – Communications

  • Global Outsourcing and the Coming Revolution in Teleradiology Services (Monday)
  • PACS Administration and Project Management (Thursday)
  • Developing an MRI Safety Program for Emergency Response Personnel (Thursday)
  • RHIO Integration - Are You Ready? (Thursday)

CRA - Management/OpsCRA - Operations

  • Six Sigma in Healthcare (Sunday)
  • PACS Workflow in Motion (Sunday)
  • The "State of the State" in Imaging (Sunday, Monday)
  • Organization Techniques for the Successful Radiology Administrator (Sunday, Monday)
  • Budgeting for the Radiology Administrator (Sunday, Tuesday)
  • Radiologists and Administrators: Strengthening the Bonds (Sunday)
  • Operational Impacts and Benefits of Direct Digital Radiography (Sunday)
  • Planning Long-Term Requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Capacity and Capital (Sunday)
  • Improving the OR Exam Interpretation Process with PACS (Sunday, Monday)

CRA - Management/OpsCRA - Operations

  • Are You Managing in the Dark? (Sunday)
  • Managers “Tool Box” for Building Customer Loyalty (Sunday, Monday)
  • Advanced Sales Effectiveness (Monday, Tuesday)
  • Global Outsourcing and the Coming Revolution in Teleradiology Services (Monday)
  • Balanced Scorecards in Medical Imaging (Monday)
  • The Devil is in the Details: Cost of Ownership of Your Equipment (Monday)
  • MRI Suite Safety Challenges, Including Seamless Upgrades from 1.5 to 3.0 Tesla (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • The Key to Strategic Growth: Research and Strategy (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • CR & DR - Working Together in One Department (Tuesday)
  • PACS: It’s Not What it Used to Be (Tuesday)
  • Data Migration: Optimizing Image Data Use to Improve Clinical Workflows (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Increasing Revenue: 8 Systems You Can Take to the Bank (Tuesday)
  • Thinking About PACS? Critical First Steps Toward Success (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • How to Use and Measure the Productivity of Your RIS/PACS for Proactive Management of Radiology Workflow (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • Developing a Pro Forma (Tuesday)
  • Integrating Your Systems: RIS, PACS, VR, and Document Management (Wednesday)
  • Improving the Bottom Line: Establishing a Denials Management Program (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • RFP: The Basics of Building and Using an Effective RFP for Capital Acquisitions (Wednesday)
  • PET or PET/CT? The Questions That Must Be Answered (Wednesday)
  • Predictive Equipment Maintenance Effects on Department Workflow and Repair Budgets (Wednesday)
  • The Language of Leadership: Overcoming Obstacles to Accountability (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • The Art of Forecasting Demand: Planning Wisely for Resource Expenditure (Wednesday)
  • Electronic Imaging Quality Assurance and Its Impact on Patient Safety (Wednesday)
  • You’ve Signed the Contract - So What’s Next? (Wednesday, Thursday)
  • Successful PACS Implementation for the Imaging Center (Thursday)
  • A Radiology Primer for Access, Billing and Compliance (Thursday)
  • Strategies for Contracting with Workers’ Compensation Payor Outsourcing Companies (aka “Brokers”) (Thursday)
  • Equipment Management: The Good, the Bad and the Effective (Thursday)
  • Developing an MRI Safety Program for Emergency Response Personnel (Thursday)
  • RHIO Integration - Are You Ready? (Thursday)