Practice Management: Page 380

SDMS publishes job description guide for sonographers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) has published job description templates for sonographers.
March 30, 2016
New coding tests launched for radiology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiology Coding Certification Board and Coding Strategies have partnered to create 10 online coding proficiency tests for radiology.
March 29, 2016
Echo groups update LV diastolic function guideline
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New recommendations for evaluating left ventricular (LV) diastolic function with echocardiography have been released by the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.
March 29, 2016
GE joins Santa Clara Univ. on African initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has joined forces with Santa Clara University in a partnership aimed at sparking innovation in maternal and child healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa.
March 29, 2016
Breast MR: Is it accessible to women who need it?
By Kate Madden Yee
MR is an effective breast cancer screening tool for women with a higher lifetime risk of the disease. But its availability can be limited, and sociodemographic factors may play more of a role in access than women's breast cancer risk factors, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
March 29, 2016
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Cancer risk to interventional techs; mammo for heart disease; ultrasound CAD
By Brian Casey
March 28, 2016
ARRT launches CT accreditation program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) now has a CT certification and registration program where accreditation is earned from the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.
March 28, 2016
Study uses US to investigate pregnancy complications
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from Virginia and Texas have received a grant for $2.7 million from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate potential complications of pregnancy by using ultrasound to study microvascularization of the placenta.
March 24, 2016
Interventional technologists have higher cancer risk
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologic technologists who perform fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures appear to be at increased risk for a variety of cancers -- specifically, more than twofold for brain cancer -- according to a new study published online in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
March 24, 2016
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States vary in punishment for wayward physicians
By Brian Casey
How hard does your state crack down on physicians behaving badly? A new study finds that there's wide variation, with some states punishing wayward doctors more frequently while others seem to turn a blind eye, according to a new study published in BMJ Quality and Safety.
March 23, 2016
2013 12 10 10 46 25 294 Doctors Sad Lean 200
Do 'vulnerable' women lack access to breast imaging?
By Kate Madden Yee
Unequal access to breast imaging across the U.S. -- especially advanced services such as ultrasound, breast MRI, and image-guided biopsy -- can lead to delays in diagnosis and negative outcomes. So how accessible are these services to women who might be considered vulnerable because of racial, social, or economic barriers?
March 22, 2016
2014 04 16 12 05 28 295 Mammogram Patient 200
AIUM: Ultrasound offers promise for preventing maternal death
By Erik L. Ridley
NEW YORK CITY - Is giving birth safely largely a privilege of the rich? It could be, given the shockingly high maternal death rates that still plague the developing world. But ultrasound can help, according to a March 18 talk at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting.
March 17, 2016
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