Practice Management: Page 520

Report ties keepsake ultrasound to fetal gender tests in Canada
By Rosemary Frei
An investigative report has caused a stir in Canada after it revealed that keepsake ultrasound clinics are willing to provide the gender of fetuses before 20 weeks of gestation. This is early enough for women to request an abortion and feeds into the phenomenon of female feticide in some immigrant communities in Canada.
June 14, 2012
ATA advises thyroid collars not needed for mammography
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Thyroid collars are not need for mammograms, according to new guidelines on minimizing radiation dose issued on June 13 by the American Thyroid Association (ATA). However, the association advised a number of other steps to minimize unnecessary exposure to radiation from medical and dental imaging procedures, such as the use of collars for dental x-rays.
June 13, 2012
Imaging groups form global organization
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging industry trade organizations have joined forces to form an international body that includes representatives from Europe, Japan, Canada, and the U.S.
June 12, 2012
Sapheneia gets win in suit with ContextVision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A district court in Linköping, Sweden, has ruled in favor of Sapheneia in ongoing litigation between the firm and image enhancement developer ContextVision, ContextVision said.
June 12, 2012
Imaging groups respond to JAMA utilization study
By Erik L. Ridley
Although a study in the June 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reported substantial increases in advanced diagnostic imaging utilization over a 15-year time frame, several imaging organizations have issued statements that emphasize the study's data showing a recent decline in imaging use.
June 11, 2012
JAMA study finds that imaging use is growing even at HMOs
By Kate Madden Yee
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are famous for their ability to cut healthcare costs -- for better or for worse. But not even HMOs were able to curb growth in advanced diagnostic imaging, according to a new study in the June 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
June 11, 2012
RSNA Foundation nears $3M in grant awards
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The RSNA Research and Education Foundation announced that it will fund 80 grants totaling $2.9 million in 2012.
June 11, 2012
IBA Molecular starts education programs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging radiopharmaceutical manufacturer IBA Molecular North America has established a clinical education program for its customers in North America.
June 10, 2012
SNM members approve name change
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MIAMI BEACH, FL - Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) members today voted in favor of changing the organization's name to the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
June 10, 2012
SIIM: How to add clinical decision support -- and make it stick
By Cynthia E. Keen
ORLANDO, FL - The key to success for implementing clinical decision support with computerized physician order-entry systems for diagnostic imaging is based on three key principles, according to a presentation at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting.
June 9, 2012
CARE bill gets hearing in U.S. House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing on June 8 on the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act (CARE) of 2011, which would require licensure of radiologic technologists.
June 7, 2012
Medical device tax repeal bill passes House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved the repeal of the medical device tax by a margin of 270-146.
June 7, 2012
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