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Image Gently campaign expands to interventional radiology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging is expanding the scope of its Image Gently campaign to include interventional radiology. The organization launched a global campaign this week to increase awareness of the need to keep radiation dose as low as possible when performing interventional radiology procedures on children.
August 23, 2009
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Study connects burnout, health in rad science educators
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Although radiologic science educators experience less job burnout than practicing radiologic technologists, there is a significant correlation between health status and burnout levels among the educators, concluded a study published in the July/August 2009 issue of Radiologic Technology.
August 20, 2009
Survey: Radiation therapy equipment use far less than 90%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Utilization rates for radiation therapy equipment in freestanding cancer treatment centers are closer to the current assumed rate of 50%, not 90% as stated by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule for 2010, according to the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
August 16, 2009
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
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