Medicolegal: Page 23

Fla. judge tosses suit over transvaginal US scans

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A lawsuit filed by former students at a college in Florida who claimed they were forced to perform transvaginal ultrasound scans on each other as part of their sonographer training has been thrown out by a federal judge.

November 1, 2015

No need to panic: Malpractice suit rates remain stable

By Kate Madden Yee

The fear of being hit with a malpractice suit is an ongoing source of anxiety for radiologists, especially breast imagers. But the number of radiology malpractice claims has remained relatively stable over the past decade -- and most do not result in payments, says a new study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

October 15, 2015

Breast density law leads to higher ultrasound costs in NJ

By Kate Madden Yee

The number and cost of breast ultrasound exams more than doubled in New Jersey after the state enacted a breast density notification law in 2014, according to a new study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

September 30, 2015

Elekta disputes Varian patent infringement claims

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta said it will defend itself vigorously against recent legal claims initiated by Varian Medical Systems.

September 28, 2015

Tackling medicolegal concerns in PACS: Part 2

By Erik L. Ridley

To keep or not to keep? The question of whether or not to retain the markings produced by mammography computer-aided detection software to highlight suspicious findings could have important medicolegal implications, according to Dr. Eliot Siegel.

September 22, 2015

Tackling medicolegal concerns in PACS: Part 1

By Erik L. Ridley

NEW YORK CITY - Who really "owns" medical images? And why isn't image compression used more often? These are a few of the questions addressed by Dr. Eliot Siegel in a talk on Monday at the New York Medical Imaging Informatics Symposium, which we're covering in a two-part series on medicolegal concerns in PACS.

September 21, 2015

SaferMD helps radiologists reduce malpractice risk

By Kate Madden Yee

If you belong to a forward-thinking radiology practice, chances are you're already using critical test results management (CTRM) software to notify physicians of unexpected findings. But are you really using CTRM right? Fortunately, SaferMD can help you find out.

August 31, 2015

Kubtec gets patent for 3D tomo for specimen x-ray

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital x-ray firm Kubtec said it has received a U.S. patent for the 3D TomoSpec tomosynthesis technology incorporated into its Mozart 3D digital specimen radiography system.

August 24, 2015

Patent court upholds Sedecal appeal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Spanish x-ray developer Sociedad Espanola de Electromedicina y Calidad (Sedecal) is claiming victory in its patent infringement case against South Korean digital radiography (DR) manufacturer DRGEM and its U.S. distributor Blue Ridge X-Ray.

August 19, 2015

Senate bill seeks to protect mammo screening

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) has introduced bipartisan legislation to protect free annual mammogram screenings for women ages 40 and older.

August 9, 2015

NJ mayor pleads not guilty in referral fraud case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The mayor of a New Jersey town has pleaded not guilty to charges of healthcare fraud for allegedly taking payments to refer patients to an imaging firm that's been at the center of a wide-ranging federal investigation.

July 29, 2015

Gender testing sting lands Indian radiologist in jail

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

An Indian radiologist has ended up in jail after a sting operation allegedly caught him performing an illegal sex determination test with an ultrasound scanner.

July 26, 2015

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