Concerns for Todays Radiographers (Live Webinar)

Course Topics:

Social Media: What Were You Thinking?

·Types of Social Media

· Whoops and Whoa!: Case Studies

·Job Jeopardy and Legal Ramifications

·Employer and Employee Rights

That Can Never Happen to Me! Medical Legal Issues in Imaging 

·Lawyering 101:  Defining the Terms

-Types of law

-Standard of care

-Torts

-Medical negligence

·Identifying Risk in Imaging: Areas of Liability

-Patient injuries

-Informed consent

-Privacy of records

-Labeling of the radiograph

-Radiographs as part of the medical record

What’s New in Radiology: Trending Topics of Interest

·The Four Biggest Advances in Medical Imaging

o   CT Angiography

o   Imaging Testing Replaces Exploratory Surgery

o   PET/CT Scans for Cancer Diagnosis

o   Digital Mammography

·Enhancing Patient Experience

o   Don’t Just Survey Your Patients

o   Efficiency

o   Leverage Technology

·Artificial Intelligence and Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

o   New Research Using MRI to Diagnose

o   Equipment

o   Research Study

o   The Future