Practice Management: Page 275

Canon, AHRA offer 2 new grant opportunities

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canon Medical Systems USA and the AHRA are adding two new grant opportunities to their annual Putting Patients First grant program.

July 23, 2018

Perception Lab to return to RSNA for 3rd year

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

An ongoing experiment that uses radiologists as test subjects for research into the doors of perception will return to the RSNA annual meeting for the third straight year.

July 23, 2018

FDA: ACR may include DBT in quality control manual

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed the American College of Radiology (ACR) to incorporate digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) quality control (QC) test procedures into the ACR Digital Mammography Quality Control Manual.

July 23, 2018

ECRI Institute names new executive VP

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The ECRI Institute has announced a new chief policy and external affairs officer and executive vice president (VP): Ronni Solomon.

July 23, 2018

Radiology residents run in middle of salary pack

By Brian Casey

While experienced, board-certified radiologists are among the highest-paid medical specialists, that status apparently doesn't extend to radiology trainees. A new survey found that radiology residents land in the middle of the pack when it comes to annual compensation.

July 23, 2018

Breast cancer patients face financial burdens

By Kate Madden Yee

A diagnosis of breast cancer may not cause the physical ruin it once did, thanks to improvements in early detection and treatment. But it can cause financial devastation, which can be just as damaging, according to a study published online July 23 in Cancer.

July 22, 2018

AHRA: 4 ways to avoid lawsuits in radiology

By Kate Madden Yee

Getting sued certainly isn't on the list of a radiology professional's goals. But the fact is, sometimes patients do bring suits. While it may not be possible to completely dodge litigation, small daily actions can go a long way toward staying out of court, according to a talk at the AHRA's annual meeting this week in Orlando, FL.

July 22, 2018

SNMMI touts JNM's rising impact factor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is highlighting growth of the impact factor for its Journal of Nuclear Medicine, which is again among the top-ranked worldwide medical imaging journals based on Clarivate Analytics' 2017 "Journal Citation Reports."

July 18, 2018

NIBIB launches Spanish version of medical scan app

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has made its Understanding Medical Scans smartphone application available in Spanish.

July 18, 2018

Support urged for funding for U.S. Mo-99 supply

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A consortium of radiology associations, patient advocacy groups, and radiology vendors are strongly urging the U.S. Senate and House subcommittees on energy and water development to support funding for molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production in the country.

July 18, 2018

Siemens launches education, staffing programs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers has launched two new programs for radiologic technologists, one for equipment performance standardization and the other for staffing.

July 18, 2018

Geographic factors affect mammography uptake

By Kate Madden Yee

Use of mammography screening services in the Medicare population varies at the U.S. county level and is lowest in rural counties, according to a study published online July 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

July 18, 2018

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