AuntMinnie | Performing bedside ultrasound on emergency department (ED) patients with undifferentiated hypotension can reduce diagnostic uncertainty and have a clinically significant impact on more than half of cases, according to research from George Washington University (GWU) Medical Center. In addition, the prospective study also found...
AuntMinnie | A new test may be able to spot people at high risk of stroke, although it's too early to be excited, researchers said Wednesday. Yet some already are. That's because the test is able to separate people with clogged neck, or carotid, arteries into...
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...
Healthleadersmedia | The burgeoning mobile medical applications business got a look on Tuesday at how the government plans to regulate some of the industry. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's draft guidelines signal that of the thousands of mobile medical apps available today, it will seek...
imagingBiz | The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging yesterday announced that they “applaud and support” updated American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ (ACOG) recommendations that women begin to receive annual mammograms at age 40. The updated ACOG recommendations, published...