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Court approves IsoRay class-action settlement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical isotope developer IsoRay said a federal court has approved the settlement of a class-action shareholder lawsuit against the company.

March 9, 2017

Taking care of logistics can reduce errors in emergency radiology

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Errors in medicine have become headline news in recent years, and legal action against physicians for alleged malpractice is an increasing problem. Radiology is not exempt from this phenomenon. Emergency radiologists must, therefore, learn how best to safeguard their practice against human error and champion processes that will prevent systematic flaws.

March 4, 2017

How can radiology departments ensure patient safety?

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Radiology departments have a moral, professional, and legal responsibility to protect the safety of patients receiving imaging studies with ionizing radiation. It takes teamwork, however, to meet that critical mandate, according to a talk at ECR 2017.

February 28, 2017

Indian technician awarded compensation after accident

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A former employee of Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India, has received compensation from GE Healthcare more than two years after being seriously injured in an MRI accident.

February 5, 2017

NY radiologist gets jail time in drug abuse case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A radiologist from western New York state received a two-year prison sentence and was ordered to pay restitution for illegally prescribing opioids, according to published reports.

February 2, 2017

Feds look into RPA issues at Okla. hospital

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Federal investigators are looking into allegations that radiology practitioner assistants (RPAs) at an Oklahoma hospital performed medical procedures without the required supervision of radiologists, according to an article published in the Oklahoman.

January 22, 2017

NJ doctor acquitted in RayScam case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A New Jersey family physician was acquitted last week of commercial bribery charges in a case related to Operation RayScam, a state crackdown on a pay-for-patients scheme, according to an article by the Hudson County View.

January 16, 2017

Ky. preabortion ultrasound bill advances

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Led by a Republican majority for the first time in nearly 100 years, Kentucky's House of Representatives has passed a bill that would require women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound scan, according to a report published January 5 by Reuters.

January 8, 2017

NJ mayor acquitted in imaging referral case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The mayor of a New Jersey town was acquitted of charges that he accepted payments in return for patient referrals from his medical practice to an imaging center, according to news coverage of the case.

December 21, 2016

State tort reform reduces orders for x-rays

By Kate Madden Yee

Tort reforms that make it harder to sue physicians have a stronger effect on reducing x-ray orders than reforms that directly reduce payouts for physician errors, according to a new study published online December 21 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

December 21, 2016

NJ mayor goes on trial in RayScam fraud case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The mayor of the New Jersey town of West New York is on trial this week for his alleged participation in a pay-for-patients fraud scheme called Operation RayScam.

December 14, 2016

Mont. hospital, radiology practice seek suit dismissal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital and Advanced Medical Imaging have requested that a federal judge dismiss a suit alleging their involvement in a kickback scheme that resulted in millions of dollars worth of fraudulent claims to government healthcare programs, according to a December 2 report by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

December 5, 2016

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