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Jessica Kania | Experience Stories The radiologists at San Luis Diagnostic Center, a multimodality outpatient facility in California, are happy to do it all: mammography, CT scans, ultrasound, X-rays, MRI, and more. There’s one aspect of their radiology practice that they’re excited to hand off, however: billing and negotiations with third-party payers. Especially now that they’re sure…
Read MoreVirginia Radiologist Acquitted in Alleged Malpractice Case
Recently, a jury in Virginia rendered their decision in a case that accused a local radiologist of malpractice in the treatment of a deceased patient. The case was brought by the estate of Carl Henderson Jr. who died from an aortic aneurysm five days after being discharged from the hospital. They sought $10 million in…
Read MoreRadiology Residents And Turnaround Time in the ED
Research conducted at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City sought to discover what effects, if any, were caused by the use of radiology residents during overnights in their ED departments. The study was led by Adina Scheinfeld (lead author), senior author Alain Cunqueiro, MD, and co-author Carly Schwartz, MD. The retrospective…
Read MoreTen Trends in Thoracic Radiology That Point to the Future
With Roentgen’s discovery of the X-ray in 1895, chest radiography and fluoroscopy quickly became the “Gold Standard” of chest imaging for 80 years. As CT, MRI, and PET imaging became mainstream, imaging quality increased dramatically, providing functional data and allowing quantitative assessment. Massachusetts General Hospital’s radiologist, Theresa McLoud, MD, and Mayo Clinic Florida’s Brent Little,…
Read MoreUT Health San Antonio Offers New MS in Imaging Sciences
The School of Health Professions at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) recently announced its plan to introduce the first Master of Science in Imaging Sciences. The program offers training for imaging technologists in radiography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). According to program director…
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