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Fla. governor vetoes ultrasound abortion bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida has vetoed a bill that would have mandated an ultrasound exam for women desiring a first-trimester abortion.
June 10, 2010
The Profit Center: Part 14 -- Accountable care organizations: Accountable to whom?
By Mark F. Weiss
A new acronym to save healthcare has arrived -- the ACO, or accountable care organization. These amorphously defined entities are likely to become the centerpiece in the war over healthcare dollars, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss.
June 9, 2010
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Calif. Senate passes radiation bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The California Senate last week passed legislation designed to protect patients from excess medical radiation through measures such as recording the radiation dose from CT scans.
June 1, 2010
How to navigate ultrasound medicolegal issues
By Erik L. Ridley
The best way to win a malpractice lawsuit is to avoid a case in the first place. To accomplish this goal, it's critical to pay attention to communication, documentation, and the all-important doctor-patient relationship, according to Heather Hansen of law firm O'Brien & Ryan in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
May 27, 2010
Tenn. BCBS completes hard drive theft remediation
By Cynthia E. Keen
Blue Cross/Blue Shield (BCBS) of Tennessee announced that it has completed its audit, remediation, and notification process for nearly 1 million of its members whose identification and health information had potentially been compromised after a theft of hard drives from a training center last fall.
May 25, 2010
Leaders in Imaging: Dr. Leonard Berlin
By Kate Madden Yee
AuntMinnie.com is pleased to present the first installment of Leaders in Imaging, a series of articles profiling the individuals who are shaping the radiology landscape. Our first interview is with Dr. Leonard Berlin, a frequent speaker on medical malpractice topics and other legal issues in radiology.
May 24, 2010
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Calif. radiation bill up for Senate discussion
By Eric Barnes
A bill that would require medical imaging facilities to record the radiation dose from any exam that delivers ionizing radiation is scheduled for discussion on the floor of the California Senate today.
May 23, 2010
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Settlement reached in Mad River pediatric CT radiation case
By Donna Domino
The family of a 2-year-old boy who received a massive overdose of radiation during a series of CT scans in 2008 has reached a settlement with the Northern California hospital where the incident occurred.
May 23, 2010
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Two Ohio facilities to pay $108M in cardiac kickback case
By Wayne Forrest
Two Ohio hospitals agreed Friday to pay the U.S. government $108 million to settle claims that the institutions violated federal law by unlawfully paying doctors for referrals of cardiac patients.
May 20, 2010
Neurosurgeon files MRI patent lawsuit against Siemens
By James Brice
A California neurosurgeon is suing a division of multimodality vendor Siemens Healthcare, charging that the Malvern, PA, company has violated his patents for MRI technology, including diffusion tensor imaging and nerve imaging.
May 17, 2010
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Ga. hospital asks for police investigation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An attorney for the Georgia hospital that discovered an employee had marked hundreds of unread mammograms as complete has asked local police to begin an investigation, according to the hospital's parent company.
May 13, 2010
Hospital to retake 900 mammograms due to employee error
By Kate Madden Yee
A Georgia hospital is offering to retake more than 900 mammograms after it was discovered that an employee had marked the tests complete even though they had not been read by a radiologist.
May 11, 2010
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