Patient Safety: Page 5

BAMF Health launches radiopharmaceutical clinical trials network

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nationwide platform expands patient access to radiopharmaceutical clinical trials, according to BAMF.

June 20, 2025

How accurate is the 'Final Destination Bloodlines' MRI scene?

By Kate Madden Yee

How accurate is the 'Final Destination Bloodlines' MRI scene? A story published May 17 on Today.com explores the question.

May 19, 2025

AAPM: CMS measure for reporting CT radiation dose riddled with 'ambiguities'

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiation dose and image quality performance measures for CT imaging accepted by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 are "ambiguous" and need to be reconsidered, according to the AAPM.

March 25, 2025

PowerPoint files may contain protected imaging health information

By Kate Madden Yee

Personal health information -- images included -- can be easily accessed on the internet in PowerPoint file.

October 14, 2024

LAPD officer's gun pulled against an MRI machine during cannabis raid

By Kate Madden Yee

The gun of an LAPD officer was pulled against an MRI machine during a cannabis raid that did not discover any live plants.

September 25, 2024

MPFS: CMS proposes CPT codes that would address MRI patient safety

By Kate Madden Yee

CMS in its suggested MPFS has proposed CPT codes that would address the additional labor required for imaging patients with complications.

July 17, 2024

Philips issues safety notice for discontinued MRI coils

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Information for customers still using MRI systems that employ discontinued first-generation SENSE XL Torso coil units (1.5T and 3.0T).

June 28, 2024

Michigan adds requirements for medical imaging equipment operators

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

New medical imaging qualifications took five years to accomplish with advocates eventually bypassing state lawmakers.

June 7, 2024

MRI safety oversight: Gaps 'big enough to drive a truck through'

By Kate Madden Yee

MRI safety oversight is spotty at best, with gaps "big enough to drive a truck through," according to Tobias Gilk, founder of Gilk Radiology Consultants in Overland Park, KS.

June 5, 2024

ARRS: How to manage the side effects of radiopharmaceuticals

By Liz Carey

Three clinical issues that may arise with theranostics treatments will require special provisions, according to a talk at ARRS 2024.

May 8, 2024

WHO: AI use in low-income countries could be ‘dangerous’

By Will Morton

The WHO has issued a warning that the use of large generative AI models carries risks that low-income societies and health systems may not yet be prepared to address.

January 29, 2024

Customized support reduces CT, MRI order errors

By Kate Madden Yee

Up to 44% of diagnostic errors are due to laboratory tests and radiology exams that were inappropriately ordered, according to new research.

January 4, 2024

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