HealthLeadersMedia.com | October 20 -Demand for radiation oncologists in the U.S will outpace the supply 10-fold in the next decade a report published in this week's edition of theThe Journal of Clinical Oncology says. The number of full-time equivalent radiation oncologists entering the workforce is...
The Wall Street Journal | October 18 - Of all the problems with the U.S. health-care system, one of the most vexing for patients is simply sitting in the doctor's waiting room. Being ushered into the exam room, only to be left shivering in a...
AdvanceWeb.com | October 15 - Headlines regarding excessive patient exposure have raised new questions regarding radiation's use in medicine. Here's how you can reduce errors. On Jan. 23, the radiotherapy community awoke to startling headlines--the first in a series from The New York Times dealing with errors...
ImagingBiz.com | October 11 - Sunshine Radiology was facing a quandary familiar to many radiology groups. The busy 25-radiologist practice (based in Sebring, Florida) wanted to expand its hospital business, but knew that it needed to lower its costs in order to do so. “We...
New York Magazine | October 17 - Its demise was only the beginning. An alarming number of New York's major medical institutions are teetering on the financial edge. St. Vincent’s plight has been portrayed by public officials and the media as a story of local misfortune—a...