Diagnostic Imaging | A bipartisan bill to set minimum education and certification standards for technical personnel providing, planning and delivering Medicare-funded medical imaging and radiation therapy treatments is moving through Congress.
U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) introduced The Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence (CARE) in Medical...
The New York Times | Dr. Matthew Rhoa is still haunted by one of his lowest moments as a physician. Several years ago, on the first leg of an international flight, he was just settling in for a nap when a flight attendant came on...
Diagnostic Imaging | I recently needed a leaking radiator removed from my home. The individual doing the job for me came well-recommended, and in fact had done two other high-quality jobs for me during the past few years.
The task wasn’t a simple, one-step process; water-flow...
HealthLeadersMedia | In creating and expanding telestroke centers, there is room for variety. Some hospitals and health systems opt for running them on shoestring budgets, or for initiating co-management plans with physician involvement as crucial, integral parts of building relationships among partner hospitals as with patients.
Still,...
New York Times | Hospital emergency rooms, particularly those serving the urban poor, are closing at an alarming rate even as emergency visits are rising, according to a report published on Tuesday.
Urban and suburban areas have lost a quarter of their hospital emergency departments over...
