Radiology News

Mass. Medicaid losing money to overimaging

Aunt Minnie - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 00:00
Massachusetts Medicaid program MassHealth may be losing millions of dollars (more)
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ASTRO restructures into 4 divisions

Aunt Minnie - Mon, 09/06/2010 - 00:00
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced that it has restructured (more)
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Mayo says 3K patients at risk in hep C scandal

Aunt Minnie - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:40
The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, said that more than 3,200 patients may (more)
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Alliance buys telerad services provider

Aunt Minnie - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 09:56
Imaging services firm Alliance Imaging has bought a Texas teleradiology services (more)
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HHS issues $153M for antineutropenia drug

Aunt Minnie - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 07:30
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Biomedical Advanced (more)
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The USPSTF Mammography Screening Guidelines -- Should Women Play the Odds?

Medscape - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 07:15
Sandra Fryhofer, MD, provides both her professional and personal opinions on the new mammography screening guidelines -- and she has some concerns.
Medscape Internal Medicine
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Recruiting firm predicts rad shortage

Aunt Minnie - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 00:00
Physician recruitment firm LocumTenens.com is predicting a possible shortage (more)
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Cancer cost world economy $895B in 2008

Aunt Minnie - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 00:00
Cancer has the most devastating economic effects of any cause of death in the (more)
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Staggering rad work shifts improves patient care

Aunt Minnie - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 00:00
Putting staggered radiologist work shifts in place can improve communications (more)
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SPECT/CT for thyroid cancer helps avoid more imaging tests

Aunt Minnie - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 00:00
Use of SPECT/CT can help avoid additional imaging tests for thyroid cancer (more)
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Women of Mexican origin at higher risk for breast cancer

Aunt Minnie - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 00:00
Women of Mexican origin in the U.S. are younger when diagnosed with breast (more)
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Molecular and Functional Imaging of Breast Cancer

Medscape - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:07
Molecular and functional imaging of the breast could alter clinical practice in diagnosing and staging primary breast cancer and assessing response to therapy.
Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
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IBA inks Tc-99m deal, sells prototype

Aunt Minnie - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:53
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA), the French Atomic Energy (more)
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Elekta opens South Korean office

Aunt Minnie - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:44
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has opened an office in Bundang, South Korea.
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AECL's NRU resumes operation

Aunt Minnie - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:41
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) yesterday resumed operation of its National (more)
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Acute Onset of Abdominal Pain in a 76-Year-Old Man

Medscape - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:39
An elderly man presents with sudden-onset abdominal pain centered in the epigastrium that is described as deep and burning. Hyperactive bowel sounds are heard on auscultation. What is the diagnosis?
Medscape
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Covidien warns of Tc-99m shortfall

Aunt Minnie - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:35
Healthcare technology firm Covidien is warning its customers of shortages of (more)
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Ablative Therapies for Renal Tumors

Medscape - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 08:44
Diagnostic imaging for evaluating patients with abdominal conditions has increased the number of incidentally discovered kidney masses. Learn how using ablative therapy can help treat these patients.
Therapeutic Advances in Urology
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AMIA establishes global division

Aunt Minnie - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 00:00
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has announced the establishment (more)
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Accusoft Pegasus issues Prizm upgrade

Aunt Minnie - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 00:00
Image compression software developer Accusoft Pegasus has released an upgrade (more)
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