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Radisphere joins patient safety organization
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Radisphere has joined Clarity Group's Patient Safety Organization.
June 4, 2012
HHS releases breach notification rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued new regulations that require healthcare providers, health plans, and other entities covered by HIPAA to notify individuals when their health information is breached.
August 19, 2009
New oncology trial consent form template developed
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers have developed a new shorter and simpler consent form template for cancer patients invited to participate in phase I clinical trials.
July 27, 2009
WHO: Data errors cause most rad therapy mistakes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Data transfer errors and omissions have been the primary source of radiation therapy patient safety incidents around the world over the past 30 years, according to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO).
July 21, 2009
Web site solicits patients for cases of radiology errors
By Cynthia E. Keen
A new Web site has launched asking patients for cases in which physicians missed the diagnosis of their medical conditions. The site is sponsored by a teleradiology services provider that hopes to connect referring physicians to radiologists with subspecialty expertise.
May 26, 2008
ORQA lands Kentucky deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Risk management software developer ORQA of Peoria, IL, has signed a deal to provide its peer-review software to a radiology group in Kentucky.
February 28, 2008
Tracking radiology performance with a dashboard
By Kate Madden Yee
Dashboards aren't just for cars anymore. For hospitals and imaging centers, a dashboard -- a computer program that gathers information and creates data reports -- may not bring paradise but it can help departments assess performance issues and determine areas that need improvement.
September 9, 2007
AHRQ sets 2008 target date for error reporting system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) national voluntary system for reporting medical errors should be operational by the middle of next year.
August 23, 2007
Small steps create significant impact in patient safety
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VIENNA - The number one killer in the U.S. is variability in care, contributing to the 98,000 deaths due to medical errors that cost an estimated $50 billion annually, according to Dr. William Brody, president of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. At the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) this weekend, Brody advocated a bottom-to-top culture change with the adoption of new tools and methods perfected by other industries that can successfully be adapted by healthcare to improve patient safety.
March 10, 2007
MRI of cardiac devices OK, but requires following strict guidelines
By Shalmali Pal
Two new papers in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance offer advice on using MRI in patients with pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators. Electrophysiologic and magnet-related issues that must be considered include magnetic field interactions, MRI-related heating, and functional changes, said the authors from the University of Southern California and other Los Angeles-based institutions.
January 29, 2007
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