iHealthBeat | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is calling for increased collaboration between physicians and technical experts to expand the use of telemedicine technology, E-Health Insider reports. IEEE and the American Medical Association are planning a conference in the fall to promote understanding between...
AuntMinnie | In one study, researchers from the nuclear medicine department and PET center at Austin Health in Heidelberg, Australia, led by Dr. Victor Villemagne, compared cortical amyloid deposition using F-18 florbetaben and PET in a total of 109 participants in three clinical studies. Among these...
AuntMinnie | Using software to partially automate and centralize routine quality control (QC) of digital mammography could improve the modality's consistency and reliability, while streamlining QC procedures, according to research presented this week at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting in Vancouver. Martin...
DiagnosticImaging | Mrs. Anderson called her doctor and spoke with pressured speech: “I think there is a mistake. That cannot be my ultrasound. I don’t have a gallbladder.” Mrs. Anderson was accessing our hospital’s open EHR, which allowed her to view her radiology reports, and noticed...
imagingBiz | Physician groups, radiology groups among them, are executing minimal changes in salaries paid to management staff, according to an annual survey released by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Entitled “Management Compensation Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data,” the report indicates that...