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...
Over the past year, a lot has been made of the IA take over of the radiology services at the Mercy Hospitals in Ohio. Albeit, much of the noise has come from the Forums on Auntminnie. With the recent news of their confirmed failure, the entire...
HealthLeadersMedia | Under a proposed rule, Medicare and private sector claims data could be used to produce public reports thatevaluate the performance of physicians, other healthcare providers, and suppliers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing to allow organizations that meet certain qualifications --...
Diagnostic Imaging | A team of American and Canadian researchers analyzing five years of patient data have found significant differences in the role of imaging with stroke patients at major hospitals in Boston and Ottawa. Most strikingly, the rate of stroke-related MRI scans at Boston’s...
HealthLeadersMedia | The uncertainties around a sputtering economy have prompted the nation's healthcare workforce to delay retirement, a new study shows.
Research by The Conference Board shows that the healthcare industry experienced the largest decline in retirement rates among all workforce sectors in the U.S. economy....
