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Google joins National Cyber Security Alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Cyber Security Alliance announced that Google has joined the association's board of directors.
August 16, 2009
Texas-sized heart screening law set for September debut
By Eric Barnes
Is it groundbreaking public policy or a case of the law outpacing the clinical evidence? Either way, the eyes of Texas are following the potential impact of new legislation that will take effect on September 1 requiring insurers to pay for CT and ultrasound scans for atherosclerosis screening.
August 16, 2009
ACR urges Obama to address malpractice reform
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has sent a letter to President Barack Obama, urging the administration to include malpractice reform in its overall healthcare reform initiative.
August 13, 2009
CMS backs coverage of FDG-PET for cervical cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is recommending national reimbursement coverage for FDG-PET for the initial staging of cervical cancer.
August 13, 2009
ACR schedules cardiac CT test
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has set a date in September for the first exam in its testing program to qualify physicians with the required skills in cardiac CT.
August 11, 2009
ACR issues guidelines on pediatric hip dysplasia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has published a new set of Appropriateness Criteria to guide radiologists in making diagnostic imaging and treatment decisions about children to identify developmental dysplasia of the hip.
August 10, 2009
Toshiba, AHRA to continue grant program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems and the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) are continuing their Putting Patients First grant program.
August 9, 2009
ASTRO publishes IMRT guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) this week published the first set of comprehensive guidelines for documenting intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatments in detail.
August 6, 2009
IAEA study finds that interventional dose may be too high
By Brian Casey
Many patients at hospitals in developing countries may be getting too much radiation dose during interventional radiology and cardiology procedures, according to a study sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and published in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 4, 2009
MITA, patient groups lobby against imaging cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A number of patient groups and the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) gathered at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to lobby Congress to reject proposed imaging reimbursement cuts.
July 29, 2009
ASTRO decries proposed rad therapy cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new survey indicates that a proposed 19% cut in federal payments for radiation therapy will cause many cancer centers to reduce services, deny treatment to Medicare patients, or close, according to the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
July 29, 2009
Coalition urges Congress to act on Mo-99
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nine professional healthcare and related organizations are urging Congress to take steps to maintain adequate supplies of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
July 28, 2009
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