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Can You Still Use the Risk-based Criteria?

It has been 2 years since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued revised requirements for the maintenance of medical equipment, but uncertainty continues to linger. One area of confusion is the S&C 14-07-Hospital document’s requirement that all hospital equipment, regardless of how it is maintained, is expected to be listed in an inventory that includes a record of maintenance activities.

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Siemens Debuts MRI Applications to Boost Efficiency, Reduce Costs

New apps from Siemens for MRI are intended to reduce the time needed for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations of the brain, increasing patient throughput, and potentially reducing costs per scan. New apps include Simultaneous Multi-Slice (SMS) to accelerate 2D MR imaging, and GOBrain for validated brain MRI exams within 5 minutes.

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