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Were warning signs missed in traveling technologist case?
By Brian Casey
Fired in Arizona and Pennsylvania

Although officials at Exeter Hospital called Kwiatkowski an "extremely good cardiac technologist" up until the time he was arrested, Kwiatkowski had a checkered résumé. In 2008, he was fired from a job in the interventional radiology department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he was placed through an assignment with Maxim Staffing Solutions.
August 8, 2012
Were warning signs missed in traveling technologist case?
By Brian Casey
When radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski was found unconscious on the bathroom floor of an Arizona hospital in 2010, allegedly with a syringe of fentanyl at his side, he lost his job and his state licensure. So how was Kwiatkowski able to go on to work at hospitals in other states, potentially exposing thousands of patients to hepatitis C?
August 8, 2012
HCA slammed for unnecessary cath procedures
By Eric Barnes
The largest for-profit hospital chain in the U.S. is under fire for performing thousands of cardiac catheterization procedures that were medically unnecessary, according to an August 6 article in the New York Times.
August 6, 2012
Kwiatkowski had been fired from Pa. hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
David Kwiatkowski, the traveling radiologic technologist accused of spreading hepatitis C at multiple hospitals, had been fired from a Pennsylvania hospital in 2008, four years before he was arrested and charged with diverting drugs from a New Hampshire hospital.
July 31, 2012
RCTI receives RCT1938 patents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical company Radiation Control Technologies (RCTI) has been granted an exclusive license to two patents from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
July 29, 2012
Digirad revenues, profits dip again in Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm Digirad said revenue and net income dipped slightly in the company's second quarter, while its net loss grew as the firm spent $600,000 on a stock buyback, $200,000 on legal expenses, and more on R&D as it explores ways to drive product sales growth.
July 26, 2012
Hepatitis C testing expands to Ariz. in Kwiatkowski case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Arizona state and county public health officials are assisting two hospitals where cardiac cath technologist David Kwiatkowski had brief contracted assignments in notifying patients of potential exposure to hepatitis C.
July 25, 2012
Cardiac cath technologist charged in hepatitis C infections
By Kate Madden Yee
Federal authorities in New Hampshire have charged a traveling cardiac cath technologist with infecting patients with hepatitis C after he allegedly stole syringes containing fentanyl and replaced the dirty needles with saline solution. The case has authorities fearing an outbreak of hepatitis C in more than half a dozen states.
July 23, 2012
Maui radiology group loses contract battle
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Hawaii district judge ruled July 11 that the court does not have jurisdiction over a Maui-based radiology group's suit against its former employer, and dissolved a temporary restraining order that prevented the new radiology provider that the hospital has chosen from working, according to a report published in Maui News.
July 12, 2012
Ga. hospital seeks gag order, venue change in mammo case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Houston Healthcare of Warner Robins, GA, is seeking a gag order and change of venue in lawsuits filed over allegations that a radiologic technologist wrongly entered negative results for mammograms that were not reviewed by a doctor, according to an article in the Telegraph.
July 10, 2012
GE, Cardinal hit with lawsuit over Myoview distribution
By Erik L. Ridley
GE Healthcare and Cardinal Health have been hit with an antitrust suit filed by radiopharmacy PharmaRx Pharmaceuticals, charging that the companies have a monopoly on sales of GE's Myoview cardiac imaging agent.
July 4, 2012
Former Heart Check America customers to get $4M in settlement
By Brian Casey
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a Nevada law firm against defunct whole-body scanning center operator Heart Check America (HCA). Former HCA customers who got loans from Chase Bank to finance their scanning packages will have their debts erased, with Chase allocating $4 million for the settlement.
July 2, 2012
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