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24 Dec Health Workers Post Pelvic X-ray on Facebook, Lose Jobs

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ImagingBiz.com | Following a seven-month-long investigation of a security breach at St Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia, eight hospital employees were disciplined for photographing an x-ray taken of a male patient’s pelvic area, transmitting the image by cell phone, and posting it to Facebook. After the incident...

20 Dec SPECT/CT dramatically cuts radiation dose in some breast cancer patients

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Diagnostic Imaging | December 17 - Dose reduction at one time played second fiddle to image quality, but today it enjoys top billing. New algorithms are coming into play in CT, radiography, and fluoroscopy to maintain image quality at traditional levels by processing out the...

14 Dec ED patients more confident in diagnosis based on CT

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AuntMinnie.com | December 14 - Emergency department (ED) patients with abdominal pain are far more confident in their diagnosis when a CT scan is used as part of their workup, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine. However, the patients knew surprisingly little about...

13 Dec Pilot duped AMA with fake M.D. claim

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The Washington Post | December 12 - He seemed like Superman, able to guide jumbo jets through perilous skies and tiny tubes through blocked arteries. As a cardiologist and United Airlines captain, William Hamman taught doctors and pilots ways to keep hearts and planes from...

07 Dec Expanded CT protocol spots stroke’s origin, changes treatment

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DiagnosticImaging.com | November 22 - CT protocols for ischemic stroke can be expanded to cover the heart as well as the head and neck, obviating other imaging tests that may be necessary to pinpoint the source of the stroke, a new study finds. A new study recommends...

24 Dec Health Workers Post Pelvic X-ray on Facebook, Lose Jobs

20 Dec SPECT/CT dramatically cuts radiation dose in some breast cancer patients

14 Dec ED patients more confident in diagnosis based on CT

13 Dec Pilot duped AMA with fake M.D. claim

07 Dec Expanded CT protocol spots stroke’s origin, changes treatment

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