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Eight reported dead in Panama after radiation therapy
By Eric Barnes
Eight patients in Panama have died following radiation therapy for pelvic cancer, according to the latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. At least five of the deaths and several other injuries resulted from radiation overdoses.
June 5, 2001
Legal eagle wants to protect your practice from recalcitrant payors
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — In today’s managed care climate, there’s no shortage of difficult, or just plain defaulting, payors. Judging from comments made by attendees at the Radiology Business Management Association’s (RBMA) 2001 radiology summit on Monday, U.S. healthcare providers have too often been left holding the bag.
June 4, 2001
Mobile P.E.T. resolves legal dispute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET services provider Mobile P.E.T. Systems has settled two lawsuits involving Southridge Capital Management, York, and other related parties.
June 4, 2001
Despite technology advances, lossy compression remains important
By Erik L. Ridley
SALT LAKE CITY - While some PACS market observers believe that the need for lossy compression will fade away as the performance of computing and storage technologies grow, that mindset would be a mistake, according to Dr. Bradley Erickson of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
May 4, 2001
SCAR keynote speaker sees technology-driven future ahead for medicine
By Erik L. Ridley
SALT LAKE CITY - Healthcare in the new millennium will be characterized by a new era of high technology, according to Russell Coile, Jr., a healthcare futurist who delivered the keynote address at this week's SCAR meeting.
May 2, 2001
New ARRS president cautions against turning ‘healthy people into sick people’
By Shalmali Pal
SEATTLE - When it comes to the fight against cancer, radiologists are armed with formidable tools of detection, allowing them to see disease in its earliest stages. But is that really what the role of imaging should be?
April 29, 2001
Consumer groups battle healthcare industry over HIPAA privacy rules
By Robert Bruce
A behind-the-scenes tug-of-war is underway over whether the final privacy regulations established by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will be implemented -- or whether various healthcare industry segments will succeed in rewriting the rule's provisions.
March 11, 2001
HHS updates HIPAA regulatory plans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The change in presidential administrations hasn't swayed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from its plan to publish several final or proposed rules this year for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, according to the agency's senior health information policy advisor, Dr. Bill Braithwaite.
February 8, 2001
Public meeting of FDA Radiological Devices Panel
Issued February 5, 2001
 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health will hold a public advisory committee meeting of the Radiological Devices Panel on March 5, 2001 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Rockville, MD.
February 4, 2001
Colorado MedTech gets FDA warning letter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical products and outsourcing services firm Colorado MedTech today announced its receipt of a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration.
January 30, 2001
ASRT executive appointed to genetics education committee
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists said that Sal Martino, vice president of education and research, has been appointed to a national committee working to develop a human genetics allied health curriculum.
January 16, 2001
Second opinions: radiologists weigh the cost of free consults
By Shalmali Pal
Dr. Pamela DiPiro knew that radiologists at her facility were spending more than half of their workday on outside consults. So her team set out to measure the financial impact of these services, with an eye toward finding resources to cover their costs.
January 15, 2001
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