Practice Management: Page 642

VC grilled in radiation hearings

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

This week's U.S. Food and Drug Administration hearings on radiation safety are exposing virtual colonoscopy to high doses of criticism.

March 30, 2010

Radiologist hacks hospital PACS to access patient records

By Donna Domino

A small Connecticut hospital has notified nearly 1,000 patients that their imaging records have been breached by a radiologist who hacked into the PACS network for a month after being fired in February -- with the apparent goal of stealing the hospital's patients.

March 30, 2010

CodeRyte names Pulzone as CFO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical coding provider CodeRyte has named Julia Pulzone as chief financial officer (CFO) following the retirement of John Taylor.

March 30, 2010

Sectra granted PACS patent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has received a U.S. patent for a method enabling enhanced multisite workflow and image data delivery.

March 30, 2010

Is imaging underutilized for diagnosing PE?

By Kate Madden Yee

At least one-fourth of patients who have pulmonary embolism (PE) don't undergo imaging tests other than chest radiography, despite recommendations for diagnosing the disease, according to a new study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

March 30, 2010

Does keepsake ultrasound lead to gender abortions in Calif.?

By Erik L. Ridley

The use of ultrasound to enable gender-selective abortion has been associated with abnormally low female-to-male birth ratios in a number of Asian countries. But the proliferation of fetal keepsake ultrasound in the U.S. may be responsible for a similar trend in California among Asian communities.

March 29, 2010