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Hospitals Encouraged to Consider Value-Added Service of Hospital-Based Radiology Groups

Hospitals Encouraged to Consider Value-Added Service of Hospital-Based Radiology Groups

Hospital executives should consider the value-added services of hospital-based radiology groups before allowing radiology departments to be taken over by teleradiologists or other specialists, according to an article in the September 2011 issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology a href="http://www.jacr.org/">http://www.jacr.org/> .

Although imaging has… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on September 1, 2011 at 2:59pm — 1 Comment

Foreign Body in Eye - Accidental Impalement with Pair of Shears in Eye

(ARIZONA, USA) - An 86 year old man in Arizona presents with a large foreign body, specifically a pair of gardening shears impaled into his orbit. CT scan demonstrates the extent of the injury. After removal of this large foreign body, the patient has retained nearly full vision without any significant serious long term complications expected.

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on August 31, 2011 at 9:00pm — No Comments

ACR Creates the Radiology Leadership Institute

A new standard for professional development

For the first time, the field of radiology will have its own professional development and leadership academy starting in…

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Added by Shawn Farley on August 16, 2011 at 12:16pm — No Comments

RSNA / AAPM Online Physics Modules

RSNA/AAPM Online Physics Modules are now available! Here are the details:

The RSNA/AAPM Online Physics Modules are designed to educate…

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on August 12, 2011 at 10:13pm — No Comments

Senators Send ACR Backed Letter to President Obama: No More Imaging Cuts!

Senators Send ACR Backed Letter to President Obama: No More Imaging Cuts!

A bipartisan group of senators, including John Kerry (D-MA), Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), sent a letter to the Obama Administration, protesting inclusion of any diagnostic imaging cuts in legislation to raise the debt ceiling. The ACR and the ACR-cofounded Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) worked to gather… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 21, 2011 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Radiology FDA Drug Safety Communication

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public; in particular, the medical imaging community; about the potential for inadvertent, increased radiation exposure in patients who underwent or will be undergoing cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scans with rubidium (Rb)-82 chloride injection from CardioGen-82 (manufactured by Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.). A CardioGen-82 PET scan is one of a variety of nuclear medicine scans that use radioactive drugs to evaluate the… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 19, 2011 at 1:46pm — No Comments

GENERAL ELECTRIC 1.5 T MR 450 W

06/2011

1. IMPRESSIVE IMAGE QUALITY AND FAT SUPPRESSION HOMOGENEITY

IN ABDOMINOPELVIC STUDIES

2. WE HAVE JUST ADDED ASL CAPABILITY IN NEUROMR

4MN SEQUENCE COVERING THE ENTIRE BRAIN AND POSTERIOR FOSSA

GOOD SPATIAL RESOLUTION / DETECTION OF CORTEX PERFUSION DEFECTS

CLINICAL IMPACT ++

Added by BERNARD WIRTH on July 9, 2011 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Teleradiology - Love or Hate?

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING -- Teleradiology: Love, Loathe, or Laissez-Faire?)

There are few buzzwords likelier to get a strong reaction from radiologists than the one mentioned above. Bring it up, and folks can get animated, agitated, or downright angry. Terms like “commoditization” and “predatory competition” follow, and the tone is often one of us-versus-them.

Part of what makes this such a tinderbox is that “teleradiology” refers to a heterogeneous group of entities, and it’s… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 3, 2011 at 12:45pm — No Comments

Day in Life of VA Radiologist

Transcript of Karen Shoffner, Chief of Radiology:

"I've been with the VA since 1994. I came here in, actually I came here straight from my training, and to be honest with you, I wasn't sure I wanted to stay. And that's because I really didn't know anything about the VA. And little did I know that I was about to embark on probably the best career move of my life.

We have seen tremendous improvements in the way that the VA provides and delivers healthcare for their veterans.… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 2, 2011 at 10:21pm — No Comments

Top Emergency Radiology Fellowship Programs

Emergency Radiology Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Radiology Fellowship

Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, University of Washington Department of Radiology

Emergency and Trauma Radiology Fellowship

Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN - Hospital and Emergency Radiology Fellowship

University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - ER Trauma Imaging Fellowship

The University… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 30, 2011 at 11:54am — No Comments

Mammography Screening Trial Update

ACR Statement on Landmark Mammography Screening Trial

A landmark paper published in the July 2011 issue of Radiology, one of the leading journals for medical imaging, should put an end to the controversies over the effectiveness of mammography screening.

The study, known as the Two County Trial in Sweden, is a randomized, controlled trial (RCT), one of the most rigorous types of scientific studies available to evaluate the efficacy of medical tests. The 29-year follow-up… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 29, 2011 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Importance of Virtual Dose

New software is developing that reduced the radiation from X-rays and CT scans. That software is Virtual Dose. The study is funded by the U.S. Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and conducted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The software aims is more accurate data for making informed decisions about the potential risks and benefits of scan procedures.

The radiation exposure from a single…

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Added by Mike Hik on June 15, 2011 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

MANAGEMENT / DIALECTICS AND LEADERSHIP

EXCELLENT PAPER / STEPHEN R. BAKER / IMAGING MANAGEMENT 2011 / VOL 11 ISSUE 2 30-31

"GETTING AHEAD BY GETTING ALONG" CHAIRMAN NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL

DECREASING TENSIONS IN IMAGING DEPARTMENT POLITICS

Added by BERNARD WIRTH on June 6, 2011 at 8:50am — No Comments

Why we need to CARE now!

First I'd like to say that I try to steer away from politics on this blog. This blog's primary purpose is for education and I don't think creating a segregation of our political dichotomy is a smart way of encouraging readership. With that said, we have a major problem in Washington. Sure, there are differing views on how to improve the economy, lower unemployment, how to conduct our defense department, so on and so forth. However, one thing that I think most people would agree upon, if… Continue

Added by Curtis Carpenter on May 30, 2011 at 10:00pm — No Comments

ACR Appropriateness Criteria App - Download it now!

The ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Anytime, Anywhere™ application provides physicians with instant point-of-care access to evidence-based clinical guidance for imaging decisions. Developed in collaboration with Skyscape, the worldwide leader in mobile medical information, this application is an authoritative alternative to…

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 7, 2011 at 3:26pm — No Comments

ACR Appropriateness Criteria

The ACR Appropriateness Criteria® are evidence-based guidelines to assist referring physicians and other providers in making the most appropriate imaging or treatment decision for a specific clinical condition. By employing these guidelines, providers enhance quality of care and contribute to the most efficacious use of radiology.

The guidelines are developed by expert panels in diagnostic imaging, interventional radiology, and radiation oncology. Each panel includes leaders in radiology… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on April 22, 2011 at 9:27am — No Comments

ACR NRDR - National Radiology Data Registry

What is the NRDR by the ACR?

The National Radiology Data Registry is a data warehouse for the registries listed below. The primary purpose of NRDR is to aid facilities with their quality improvement programs and efforts to improve patient care by comparing facility data to that of their region and the nation. A practice or facility may choose to participate in any or all registries as appropriate for their practice. When a facility joins more than one registry, the warehouse allows… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on April 22, 2011 at 8:58am — No Comments

Merge Leads $1B Stimulus Funding Opportunity for Radiologists

Merge Leads $1B Stimulus Funding Opportunity for Radiologists

Regional Medical Imaging (RMI) selects Merge to meet Meaningful Use requirements

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE), a global corporation dedicated to health IT interoperability solutions, today announced that Regional Medical Imaging (RMI), a full-service imaging organization based in Flint, Michigan, has selected Merge for its imaging interoperability and Meaningful Use… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on April 17, 2011 at 6:24pm — No Comments

MRI of the TMJ

Great resources for MRI of the TMJ (Temporomandibular joint):

Medscape Article - http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/504462

Animated Cine MRI of the TMJ clips - http://www.quintpub.com/tmj_animations.html

Radiopaedia.org sample images -… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on April 17, 2011 at 6:23pm — No Comments