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JACR: Tools needed for primary care physicians to improve imaging decision requests

Industry News | Thursday, March 11 2010
 

Radiology: Radiologists reluctant to disclose mammo errors to patients

Top Stories | Friday, October 30 2009
 

JNM: Low-dose protocols offered for pediatric PET/CT

Top Stories | Friday, October 02 2009
 

Diagnosing cancer in 3D with Cell-CT microscope

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, February 11 2009
 

Appropriateness criteria for outpatient CT, MR have room for improvement

In Review | Thursday, December 04 2008
Written by Justine Cadet
 

RSNA: Targeted breast US in young women reduces need for biopsy

Conference News | Thursday, December 03 2009
Written by Mike Bassett
 

Cancer research centers net $16M in ARRA funds

Industry News | Tuesday, October 06 2009
 

NIH grants $2M for PEM/PET research

Industry News | Friday, August 28 2009
 

Primary care doctors fail to recommend colon cancer screenings

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, February 04 2009
 


Web Exclusives

AHRQ: Health IT could be disruptive while reducing rehospitalization rates, costs

 The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Health IT Standards Committee: Clinical Operations group seeks specificity in standards

 During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.

Webinar: How-to guide for e-medical device reporting to the FDA

 In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.

New patient monitoring model draws scrutiny

 A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.

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