Practice Management: Page 717

Joint Commission may survey for MRI safety

By Tobias Gilk

Historically, MRI has not been much of a spot on Joint Commission surveyors' radars. That situation changed this past January 1, when the Joint Commission's Environment of Care standard primarily began to address physical life-safety issues, MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk explains.

March 4, 2009

Virginia to license radiologist assistants

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has signed into law a bill making Virginia the 24th state to license, regulate, or recognize radiologist assistants as members of the radiology healthcare team.

March 3, 2009

Ziosoft opens European office

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Ziosoft has opened an international office in Brussels, Belgium.

March 2, 2009

NCRP report: CT drives massive increase in medical radiation dose

By Eric Barnes

The U.S. population's exposure to ionizing radiation from medical procedures grew more than sevenfold between the early 1980s and 2006 -- an increase largely attributable to spectacular growth in CT use, according to a report released today by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP).

March 2, 2009

Study shows CT use has increased, diagnostic yield has not

By Kate Madden Yee

According to recent research, CT procedure volume is spiking among both radiologists and physicians in other specialties. With CT utilization up, are users of the modality finding more pathology? Not really, say researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

March 2, 2009

French cancer study uses Toshiba ultrasound

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Institut Gustave Roussy cancer center is using ultrasound technology from Toshiba Medical Systems to evaluate the efficacy of targeted treatments in cancer patients.

February 26, 2009