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Joint Commission seeks to expand imaging standards
By Wayne Forrest
The U.S. Joint Commission has proposed more-stringent requirements in the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, and hospital accreditation programs for facilities that provide CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, and PET services.
August 14, 2013
Image sharing using Facebook: Fact or fiction?
By Herman Oosterwijk
Healthcare practitioners can share medical images using a number of mechanisms and methods. Some of these applications have been in use for at least 20 years, some are still being developed, and some might not make sense today but could very well change how we share images in the near future.
August 14, 2013
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Kwiatkowski pleads guilty in hepatitis C case
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski has pleaded guilty on charges of infecting patients with hepatitis C by taking the anesthetic fentanyl intended for patients undergoing interventional radiology procedures and diverting it for his own use.
August 13, 2013
ASNC launches online education module
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has released an online education program for physicians and technologists.
August 13, 2013
Visage, SIIM release survey results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization and PACS firm Visage Imaging and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) have released survey data regarding the current state of imaging informatics.
August 13, 2013
Elekta, Varian bury the hatchet
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta and radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems have resolved their litigation announced in August 2012.
August 12, 2013
Emergency radiology elective educates on imaging use
By Kate Madden Yee
A short emergency radiology elective increases second-year medical students' understanding of appropriate imaging use and the effects of radiation exposure -- as well as their confidence in ordering imaging appropriately, according to a study published in the September issue of Academic Radiology.
August 12, 2013
Calif. team uses MRI to guide gene therapy in brain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego are reporting the use of MRI to guide the delivery of gene therapy in the brain.
August 7, 2013
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Report: Ky. coal miners shun black lung screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coal miners in Kentucky are avoiding a free black lung screening program offered by the U.S. government for fear of losing their jobs, according to a newspaper report this week.
August 7, 2013
Proton therapy groups praise GAO prostate cancer report
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Two groups representing the proton therapy community issued a statement backing a recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that highlighted a trend toward increased physician self-referral for prostate cancer treatment.
August 6, 2013
Medtronic ships neurostimulator for use with MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Medtronic has begun shipments of a neurostimulation implant that can be used in MRI scans of patients who meet certain conditions.
August 6, 2013
CMS issues final 'cost-centers' rule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 2 implemented its controversial new policy changing the way it accounts for costs in its hospital inpatient prospective payment system.
August 5, 2013
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