Radiologic Technologist: Page 45

Ontario imaging groups merge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Technologists has completed its merger with the Ontario Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers.
October 25, 2012
One-fourth of Congress opposes RT cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
More than 130 members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, have signed letters sent to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opposing the agency's proposed reimbursement reductions for radiation therapy (RT) that would be implemented in 2013.
October 24, 2012
Atirix signs AttenuTech as distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical software developer Atirix Medical Systems has signed AttenuTech as a distributor for its QC-Track.Aprons system for tracking and reporting on the quality control of lead aprons, thyroid shields, and other personal protective equipment.
October 11, 2012
Risk markers found for erectile dysfunction after RT
By Cynthia E. Keen
Genetic markers associated with the development of erectile dysfunction in prostate cancer patients following radiation therapy (RT) have been identified, according to a study published online on September 27 in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
September 30, 2012
Exeter Hospital to be hit with lawsuit over hep C infections
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A class-action lawsuit is being filed against Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire by a law firm representing a patient who claims to have been infected with hepatitis C by a former radiologic technologist working at the facility.
September 23, 2012
Florida RT gets 30 years for tampering with syringes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Former radiologic technologist (RT) Steven Beumel has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for one count of tampering with a consumer product resulting in death, four counts of tampering with a consumer product resulting in serious bodily injury, and five counts of stealing fentanyl by deception, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida.
September 11, 2012
UPMC, staffing agencies sued in Kwiatkowski case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UPMC health system and two medical staffing agencies have been sued by a Kansas woman who claims she was infected with hepatitis C because the defendants failed to notify authorities that traveling radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski had been fired in 2008 for allegedly stealing drugs from the hospital.
September 9, 2012
2 technologists read VC studies as well as 1 radiologist
By Eric Barnes
When it comes to reading virtual colonoscopy studies, a radiologic technologist is no match for a trained radiologist. But two technologists are another matter entirely: They were equivalent to, and maybe slightly better than, a single radiologist, according to a new study in Radiology.
September 4, 2012
News report: Kwiatkowski investigated in 2006
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A news report indicates that former New Hampshire radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski was investigated in 2006 in Michigan on suspicion that he stole fentanyl while working for the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
August 30, 2012
ASRT, Elekta award radiation therapy scholarships
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) and radiation oncology firm Elekta have awarded more than $20,000 in scholarships to radiation therapy students, the two organizations announced.
August 28, 2012
RT radiation dose to pancreas linked to adult diabetes risk
By Cynthia E. Keen
Childhood cancer survivors whose treatment included abdominal radiotherapy (RT) have an increased risk of developing diabetes. Now, a study published online August 23 in Lancet Oncology has narrowed the location of radiation dose vulnerability to the tail of the pancreas.
August 23, 2012
3 hepatitis C cases in Kan. linked to Kwiatkowski
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Kansas health authorities say they have identified three patients so far who have been infected with a strain of hepatitis C that is closely related to the one found in patients in New Hampshire who are believed to have been infected by former radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski.
August 22, 2012
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