I’ve told part of this story before.
I started in the “x-ray” business in 1981, having bought a
small company that made x-ray viewboxes.
You can’t buy a sub-compact car today for what I paid for that business,
which was housed in a 2,500 square foot triangular-shaped building. But it sure was real money to me.
Within the year, we showed at the RSNA where […]
For those readers who have already converted to renewable energy or perhaps are too young to know the term “King Coal”, a canary in the coal mine is an allusion to caged canaries (birds) that miners would carry down into the mine tunnels with them. If dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide collected in the mine, the gases would kill […]
These last two weeks have been crazy for many of my clients
as they rush to help healthcare providers source equipment and prepare for the
wave of patients that most experts believe will be coming to most communities.
The shelves have been emptied of most of the critically
needed general medical equipment from beds, to ventilators, patient monitors,
thermometers, etc. You may have noticed
that I […]
One of the major equipment companies has offered these suggestions
for cleaning CR and DR products.
We thought we would pass them on to you.
We have paraphased this information
These are mostly general, common sense pointers but may be
of benefit to remind your clients and users at this time of great concern.
We have not recommended specific cleaning agents as these
may vary […]
When I bought a little “viewbox” manufacturer in 1981 many
of my peers told me it was a great move.
I had bought something akin to a paper towel manufacturer; something
everyone was going to need forever and, better yet, there were a limited number
of suppliers and a very stable market for viewboxes.
It was wasn’t until 1983 that our company bought its […]
(Dealers should pass this on to your customers.)
As outlined in the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) imposed reimbursement cuts to the technical component for x-rays performed on older technology beginning in 2017 with increased cuts in 2018 and 2023. (See table below.)
In order to track the usage of these x-ray technologies, CMS introduced […]
As you know, as the self-proclaimed most talkative equipment
broker around, I am reaching out to lots of medical imaging dealers every
week. Owners, salespeople, support staff,
some end-users and anyone who will take my calls.
I’m hearing lots of complaints about business being slow
(not everyone… dealers in the southeast seem to be having more fun). Lots of “it’s summer and everyone is on
vacation” […]
A few years ago, I wrote my first article about “Cloud-PACS”. Basically I said it was a great idea but not yet ready for prime time. Add time, technology, higher internet speeds, more cloud storage capacity and better encryption and I modified my thinking. I now see real value (in terms of money and organizational simplification) for three types […]
I know some are you are going to throw
rocks (or perhaps snowballs) at me when I tell you that over the last few
months we’ve been looking for the sun here at intergalactic headquarters in Los
Angeles. It’s been raining and raining
and raining some more as the storms that are usually pushed across Mexico
to the Gulf of Mexico have been heading further […]
My first meeting was at 10:00am Sunday morning. Like most of you, I got my “Exhibitor’s” badge from friends displaying at the show, so I was already halfway into the South Hall at 9:45 when I stopped dead in my tracks. There was a GE-sized booth I’d never seen before. Hundreds of people were standing around waiting for something to […]
