Cynthia E. Keen[email protected]Radiation Oncology/TherapyNRC issues sanctions in VA brachytherapy debacleThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) last week issued sanctions against the radiation oncologist allegedly responsible for nearly 100 botched prostate brachytherapy procedures performed between 2002 and 2008 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Philadelphia.February 27, 2011ISHIMSS survey: ARRA drives healthcare IT spending plansORLANDO - Implementing healthcare reform and meeting stage 1 "meaningful use" requirements dominate the priorities of healthcare IT professionals, according to the results of a survey released Sunday at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting.February 21, 2011ISHIMSS: EHR is omnipresent; imaging nearly invisibleORLANDO - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is holding its annual meeting this week. The event is expecting a record crowd of 35,000 healthcare IT professionals to discuss what is increasingly becoming a reality: electronic health records (EHRs). But what is glaringly missing is the subject of imaging informatics.February 21, 2011Radiation Oncology/TherapyASTRO issues palliative radiotherapy treatment guidelinesThe American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued evidence-based guidelines for the use of palliative radiotherapy to treat bone metastases. The International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics published the guidelines online January 28.February 20, 2011Radiation Oncology/TherapyCochrane review advises chemo + RT for early Hodgkin'sChemotherapy followed by radiation therapy (RT) is the standard treatment for patients with early-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma, and it should remain so, according to a review published February 16 by the Cochrane Collaboration of Oxford, U.K.February 16, 2011Radiation Oncology/TherapyJournal's inaugural issue focuses on radiation oncology safetyThe fast pace of innovation and technological development in radiation oncology today can make it challenging to maintain an effective quality assurance program. So it's apropos that Practical Radiation Oncology tackles this subject in its inaugural issue.February 15, 2011CTImage Gently launches fluoro campaign on 3rd anniversaryImage Gently's new campaign to reduce patient exposure to radiation dose during diagnostic fluoroscopy procedures represents a new milestone for the initiative, which in just three years has made major strides in raising radiation dose awareness among both patients and healthcare providers.February 13, 2011Clinical NewsStudy advises caution in using x-ray for fetuses, infantsResearchers are advising healthcare providers to take extra care in the use of x-ray procedures in pregnant women and very young children, following results of a study published online February 10 in BMJ of more than 7,500 U.K. children who received radiography procedures.February 10, 2011CTACR issues criteria for suspected victims of child abuseThe American College of Radiology (ACR) has released an updated set of appropriateness criteria on a troubling topic -- imaging procedures for children suspected of being abused. The guidelines were published in the February Journal of the American College of Radiology.February 10, 2011Pediatric RadiologyAuntMinnie.com Pediatric Imaging InsiderFebruary 7, 2011Previous PagePage 39 of 88Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingExperts issue appropriate use criteria for molecular breast imagingThe criteria offer use scenarios for technetium-99 (Tc-99m) sestamibi-based gamma camera imaging of the breast.MRIfMRI: Cognitive behavioral therapy positively affects the brainPractice ManagementPost Cures Act, outpatients access radiology reports fasterMRIMRI may help guide brachial plexus surgeryAIShould hospitals pursue local domain LLM adaptation for radiology reports?
