Medicolegal: Page 95

Breast rads believe malpractice fears prompt more recalls
By Shalmali Pal
The expression "once bitten, twice shy" applies to breast imaging specialists who have survived some form of malpractice litigation -- these radiologists are apt to overestimate their future risk of being sued, and believe that their practice patterns are influenced by that potential risk, according to a survey in Radiology. But does this apprehension actually affect their interpretative performance and patient recall rates?
June 27, 2005
Part II: Breast rads believe malpractice fears prompt more recalls
By Shalmali Pal
In part II of this series on the Radiology study that looked at the effects of malpractice litigation on breast imaging specialists, two of the study authors and an outside legal counsel discuss the further ramifications of the research findings.
June 27, 2005
Jury favors J&J over Boston Scientific on stent patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A federal court jury in Wilmington, DE, has found that several stents manufactured by Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, infringe on patents held by Johnson & Johnson's Cordis subsidiary.
June 21, 2005
PA legislature considers free mammograms for women 40+
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives earlier this week would provide free screening mammograms in the state to women between 40 and 49.
June 16, 2005
Oregon imaging centers drop injunction request
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The dispute between two imaging centers fighting to remain part of an Oregon preferred provider network took another turn this week when the centers abandoned a request to prevent the network from kicking them out, and instead asked for an expedited trial in the case.
June 15, 2005
RT bears burden of QA failure at PA mammo clinic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A veteran Pennsylvania radiologic technologist is solely to blame for failing to properly maintain the mammography unit, according to a spokesperson from Geisinger Health Systems. Her negligence resulted in inadequate screening exams for thousands of women.
June 8, 2005
PA mammo clinic fails QA, must pay for re-screens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A mammography technologist in Pennsylvania neglected to properly maintain equipment, resulting in inadequate screening exams for more than 1,500 women, according to the state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
June 6, 2005
JAMA study: 'Defensive medicine' fuels unneeded imaging exams
By Tracie L. Thompson
The conclusion may seem anecdotally obvious to many U.S. radiologists, but new data is confirming a connection between the hot-button issues of malpractice liability and the growth in utilization of diagnostic imaging.
May 30, 2005
Court approves Cedara merger with Merge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian imaging software developer Cedara Software of Mississauga, Ontario, said it has received a final order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approving the plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act to effect Cedara's merger with RIS and PACS developer Merge eFilm of Milwaukee.
May 26, 2005
As more referrers demand leases, rads hope for legal crackdown
By Tracie L. Thompson
Much of the recent debate over physician self-referral focuses on a simplified notion of in-office imaging where, nonradiologists argue, patient convenience prevails. But many radiologists are now facing the more complicated variant of self-referral through leases.
May 4, 2005
Oregon imaging centers garner OMA support
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Oregon Medical Association (OMA) is supporting legislation to prevent the exclusion of qualified medical providers from the preferred provider panels of health insurance organizations.
May 3, 2005
iCAD, R2 in patent dispute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology developer iCAD said it has received a letter from fellow CAD firm R2 Technology advising the Nashua, NH-based firm of its position that iCAD's Second Look product lines allegedly infringed on three U.S. patents licensed to R2.
April 27, 2005
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