Practice Management: Page 288

Has standardized testing ruined radiology's board exam?

By Kate Madden Yee

The radiology board certification exam's shift from an oral exam to a standardized test with multiple-choice questions could mean that the exam is less accurate in evaluating which candidates are ready and competent to become radiologists, according to a new article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

April 16, 2018

ASRT announces advocacy award recipients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) awarded the 2018 ASRT Award for Advocacy to the Pennsylvania Society of Radiologic Technologists and to the chair of the Texas Society of Radiologic Technologists.

April 15, 2018

CMS updates MRI coverage for cardiac device patients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a plan it proposed in January to expand coverage of MRI scans for patients with cardiac devices.

April 12, 2018

Is imaging accessibility at risk? | Optimizing lung cancer screening | AI-powered superresolution MRI

By Erik L. Ridley

April 11, 2018

DOJ action may hinder disabled access to imaging

By Kate Madden Yee

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has withdrawn a key guidance related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, endangering efforts to ensure that people with disabilities can access medical equipment such as imaging systems, according to an editorial published April 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

April 11, 2018

Merry X-Ray buys Nationwide Imaging Services

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging equipment distributor Merry X-Ray has continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of Nationwide Imaging Services, a Manasquan, NJ-based provider of reconditioned and used medical imaging equipment.

April 10, 2018

Radiology TV debuts radiology video content service

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Start-up company Radiology TV has introduced a waiting room video content service for diagnostic and interventional radiology service providers.

April 9, 2018

Report to blame 'overburdened' staff for fatal MRI scan

By Wayne Forrest

A preliminary report into the death of a man pulled into the bore of an MRI scanner at an Indian hospital will blame an "overburdened" staff at the Mumbai hospital for not following proper security and safety procedures at the time of the January accident.

April 9, 2018

Fla. hospital charges nearly $9K for CT exam

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A hospital in Florida charged one patient nearly $9,000 for an abdominal CT exam -- drastically exceeding the $268 he paid for the same exam at an imaging center just a few months earlier, according to an April 9 article by NPR.

April 9, 2018

ACR opposes Ky. black lung law

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has come out in opposition to a new law passed in Kentucky that strips radiologists of the ability to participate in a program designed to screen coal miners for black lung disease.

April 8, 2018

Bracco hits Jubilant with patent complaint on rubidium PET

By Wayne Forrest

Contrast developer Bracco Diagnostics has filed a complaint against radiopharmaceutical firm Jubilant DraxImage and two of its affiliates for alleged patent infringement regarding rubidium-based radiopharmaceuticals for cardiac PET studies.

April 5, 2018

Strategic Radiology enters Minn. market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology consortium Strategic Radiology has brought Minneapolis Radiology Assoc. into the fold to expand its presence in the state of Minnesota.

April 5, 2018

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