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Canadian keepsake ultrasound firm cops to replica scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A keepsake ultrasound service in Ontario has admitted to providing expecting mothers with replica 3D images rather than the actual 3D ultrasound scans of their babies -- but blamed the mix-up on a computer virus, according to a report on CTVNews.ca.
May 17, 2016
SC governor signs breast density bill into law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gov. Nikki Haley has signed South Carolina's breast density notification bill into law, making the state the 27th in the U.S. to enact such legislation.
May 12, 2016
CT scan mix-up leads to $6M settlement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A patient at a Pennsylvania hospital whose CT exam was mixed up with that of another patient has been awarded $6 million in damages due to an unnecessary surgery, according to a report in the Delaware County Daily Times.
May 4, 2016
U.S. drops charges in Iran MRI coil export case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Charges have been dismissed against an Iranian-born scientist accused of illegally trying to export an MRI coil to Iran four years ago.
May 2, 2016
Bill would remove in-office exemption from Stark law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Congress that would eliminate the exemption for a number of healthcare services -- including advanced diagnostic imaging -- from anti-self-referral provisions of the Stark law.
April 27, 2016
States vary in punishment for wayward physicians
By Brian Casey
How hard does your state crack down on physicians behaving badly? A new study finds that there's wide variation, with some states punishing wayward doctors more frequently while others seem to turn a blind eye, according to a new study published in BMJ Quality and Safety.
March 23, 2016
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Neb. ultrasound tech gets prison in fondling case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An ultrasound technologist from Nebraska will spend the next four to five years in prison after accepting a plea deal in a case in which he was accused of fondling patients during ultrasound exams.
March 7, 2016
Fla. imaging center reports lost patient records
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Florida imaging practice Radiology Regional Center has recently informed patients of a privacy incident involving the potential loss of some of its paper records.
February 24, 2016
Md. imaging exec faces life in prison in fraud that led to 2 patient deaths
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The owner of a mobile imaging firm in Maryland has been convicted of healthcare fraud in which at least two patients died because their imaging studies were not read by a qualified radiologist.
February 24, 2016
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Mass. jury says Marlboro smokers don't need screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA is not obligated to pay for annual low-dose lung cancer CT screening for healthy smokers of Marlboro cigarettes, a Massachusetts federal jury decided on Wednesday, according to an article on Law360.
February 10, 2016
IsoRay posts mixed Q2 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical added to both its revenue and net loss in the company's second quarter of fiscal 2016.
February 9, 2016
La. woman sought after making threat to hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sheriff's deputies in Louisiana are searching for a woman who allegedly threatened to shoot up a local hospital because she thought she received too much radiation there after a January visit, according to an article in The Advocate.
February 9, 2016
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