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Utah passes RA licensure bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed HB 238 into law, making Utah the 29th state to license, regulate, or recognize radiologist assistants (RAs) as members of the radiology healthcare team.
March 24, 2011
Law firms prepare for suit against W.Va. hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Attorneys took the first steps on Tuesday toward the filing of a lawsuit against a West Virginia hospital on behalf of patients who received excessive CT radiation doses at the facility.
March 23, 2011
InSight Health emerges from Chapter 11
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider InSight Health Services and parent company InSight Health Services Holdings have come out of their Chapter 11 restructuring.
March 23, 2011
Adverse events reported in electronic brachytherapy patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
A form of intraoperative radiation therapy for breast cancer is making headlines this week following news reports of adverse events in patients treated with the technique. The reports indicate that tungsten particles were left behind in patients, and at least one lawsuit has been filed.
March 23, 2011
The Profit Center: Part 19 -- How to shield against 'weaponized' RFPs
By Mark F. Weiss
In a quest to get more for less, more hospitals are using a "weaponized" form of the request for proposal (RFP), designed to get a group to grovel for the continuation of its contract, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss.
March 16, 2011
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Dutch study finds few medicolegal claims from mammo screening
By Erik L. Ridley
VIENNA - While a 10-year review at a Netherlands breast cancer screening program discovered only three medicolegal cases stemming from screening mammography, it also identified opportunities for improvement, according to a study presented Monday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 6, 2011
Hot topic of radiological reports draws the ECR crowds
By Mélisande Rouger and Erik Ridley
VIENNA - Abnormal reporting is the principal cause of lawsuits against radiologists. As they search for the best way to protect themselves, radiologists have been left wondering what form their reports should take. Experts echoed these concerns in a jam-packed session Saturday at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 5, 2011
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Appeals court reverses judgment in Hologic's favor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed a judgment against women's healthcare vendor Hologic in a patent infringement suit with breast brachytherapy developer SenoRx.
February 27, 2011
Court rules for Siemens in crystal patent suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A U.S. federal court has ruled in favor of Siemens Healthcare in a patent dispute with Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics.
February 24, 2011
Cignet faces $4.3M fine for HIPAA violations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has imposed a $4.3 million fine on Cignet Health for violating the HIPAA Privacy Rule, making this the first-ever civil money penalty issued for a HIPAA Privacy Rule violation, the HHS announced.
February 24, 2011
ASRT endorses Senate Mo-99 bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has joined supporters of Senate Bill 99, the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2011.
February 23, 2011
RA licensure bill advances in Utah
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Utah's House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow a radiologist assistant (RA) to perform radiological procedures under the supervision of a radiologist.
February 17, 2011
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