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ACLS & Airway Managment Hands On Workshop

This workshop will provide participants with American Heart Association ACLS® Certification and provide a full day of emergency airway management techniques. Course consists of didactic lectures, intensive imaging, discussion and hands -on workshop with the world's most realistic airway mannequins and patient simulators.

Audience: This course is appropriate for physicians, dentists, nurses and all allied health and dental…

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Added by Randy Pigg on July 23, 2010 at 12:11pm — No Comments

ACR Case in Point Preview for this Week

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 19, 2010 at 6:31am — No Comments

Procedural Sedation CE Course - Indianapolis, IN July 31, 2010

Conscious Sedation Consulting is offering a comprehensive didactic continuing education course on the administration of conscious (moderate) sedation and analgesia.

This course is appropriate for all non-anesthesia health care providers who are involved in the administration of sedatives and analgesia. Course has…

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Added by Randy Pigg on July 15, 2010 at 12:37pm — No Comments

ECR 2011 Abstract Submission Online System now open!

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 8, 2010 at 3:17pm — No Comments

CMS Releases Quality of Care Data for Hospitals Participating in HOP QDRP

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released quality of care data for hospitals participating in the Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program (HOP QDRP). This data is posted on the Hospital Compare website.

The Hospital Compare website was created jointly by CMS and the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) to make data available to patients, families, and providers on hospital performance and quality of care for certain services. The intent is to help… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 8, 2010 at 10:12am — No Comments

Radiopaedia releases iPad App! Another radiology app for us radiologists to play with

RADIOLOGY TEACHING FILES APP FULLY OPTIMIZED FOR iPAD

Collaborative Learning for Radiological Community has Never Been Easier or Looked Better as

Teaching Files Make the Most of the Large Touch Screen and Vivid Display of the iPad.

Melbourne, Australia, July 1, 2010 – Radiopaedia.org, a collaborative, online resource for the global radiological community, is pleased to announce that… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 7, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

ACR Appropriateness Criteria for Radiology Revised and Newly updated!

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Revised and Content Added for 2010

Reston, Va. — July 6, 2010 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) updated more than 30 criteria, added an additional five topics, and revised relative radiation level categories for diagnostic imaging exams in the latest version of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria® — evidence-based guidelines to help health care providers choose the most appropriate medical imaging exam for a patient’s given clinical… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 6, 2010 at 3:08pm — No Comments

MedPAC Imaging Saga Continues

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, John C. Hayes) --

MedPAC issues broad critique of self-referred imaging; outlines steps to curb abuses

n a report bristling with documentation, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission issued a broad-ranging critique of in-office self-referred imaging and outlined a series of steps to curb practices it said were contributing to the growth in imaging volume.

Steps that could help restrain in-office self-referral of imaging services… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 4, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

English EMR hits some snags

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, BMJ) --

English electronic medical records plan hits some snags

The benefits of the Summary Care Record (SCR) scheme, introduced as part of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), appear more modest than anticipated, according to a study published on bmj.com June 17.

The findings are based on an independent evaluation by researchers at University College London and come as the new coalition government in the U.K. announces a review… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 3, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

DSCT.com: CT users consider a dose of < 1 mSV to be viable for CTA of coronary artery disease

From April to May 2010, DSCT.com – the expert

community for dual-source CT in radiology and cardiology – asked the

website’s visitors at what dose level they would consider a CTA to be a viable

option for early detection of coronary artery disease. 363 participants took a

vote showing a clear result: 42 % gave a figure of less than 1 mSV (see fig.

1). …

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 3, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Auntminnie: PET/CT beats CT in NSCLC staging, but both have limitations

(AUNTMINNIE.COM) - "PET/CT beats CT in NSCLC staging, but both have limitations"

It appears that researchers have found PET/CT is much more accurate than CT alone for evaluation and staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). To read more about this latest research development in radiology, please visit Auntminnie.com directly here.

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 3, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

PET for Alzheimer's Diagnosis

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, Greg Freiherr) --

Fluorine-18 unlocks door to Alzheimer’s diagnosis

An intractable foe of what makes people what they are suddenly seems vulnerable, and it is imaging that has struck the blow. In a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins University, a PET agent built around fluorine-18 readily and safely distinguished the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients from those of healthy volunteers. And the Johns Hopkins researchers are not alone. Several… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 2, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, Re-elected as RTOG Group Chair

Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, Re-elected as RTOG Group Chair

Philadelphia, PA – June 24, 2010 – Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, was elected to a fourth term as group chair by the principal investigators of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG). Curran, who has held the group chair position since 1997 is the executive director of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta Georgia. RTOG is a National Cancer Institute-funded national clinical trials group and is… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 1, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Teleradiology Demise?

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, Rebekah Moan) --

Nighthawk cuts jobs, closes offices, but still poised for growth, analyst says

Nighthawk remains poised for growth despite a recent announcement that it is closing some offices and cutting jobs, according to a financial analyst who follows the company.

On June 11 Nighthawk announced in its 8-K filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission its plan to reduce operating costs by closing offices in San… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 1, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

ProHealth Care Selects McKesson's Radiology and Cardiology IT Solutions To Address Growing Needs Across the Enterprise

Multi-facility provider replaces legacy systems to improve efficiency, enhance care quality

McKesson has signed an agreement with ProHealth Care to replace multiple modality-based software applications with McKesson’s solutions for enterprise-wide medical imaging. The new picture archiving and communications system (PACS) , cardiovascular information system (CVIS) , and online case collaboration solution will provide ProHealth Care imaging professionals with the latest technology… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 30, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

ACR issues statement regarding New England Journal article on CT scan radiation and safety

The American College of Radiology and the SCBTMR have issued a statement regarding a recent New England Journal article on CT scan radiation safety. As always, the ACR is committed to protecting the public and making sure appropriate education is disseminated to the public and physicians. Please read more about this latest development on CT scan safety and CT scan radiation dose regulations/monitoring.

ACR, SCBTMR Statement on Recent NEJM Article on CT Scan Safety – FDA Oversight… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 30, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Mystery surrounding Death of Santa Rosa, Italian Saint, solved by Radiology

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, Rebekah Moan) -- X-ray reveals Italian saint died from a cardiac embolism

An x-ray taken centuries after her death proves a well-known saint died from a cardiac embolism instead of tuberculosis, as was previously thought. The body of Santa Rosa, an 18- or 19-year old girl, was naturally mummified in the 13th century.

Santa Rosa, or Saint Rose, allegedly brought people back to life and is said to have been unscathed after standing in a funeral… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 30, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Subspecialty Reads For Competitive Advantage

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, Rebekah Moan) --

To compete, radiology groups must offer specialty reads

Radiologists must get used to the idea of competing with nontraditional companies such as teleradiology provider Radisphere if they hope to survive, according to a…

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 29, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

GE improves Pediatric Imaging

<(GENERAL ELECTRIC) -- See how GE is improving pediatric imaging. From their website, we can see a new program introduced by GE which aims to make imaging less scary for pediatric patients.

From GE Reports Website:

Pediatric design turns scary MRIs into ‘Adventures’

Even for adults, getting an MRI can sometimes be an intimidating experience. For children, it can be downright scary — with many…

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 28, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

MRI-Safe Implant List - Useful Link of the Day

How often have you needed to look up what orthopedic hardware or implantable device (Cardiac, neurological, thoracic, abdominal, or otherwise) is safe? As a radiologist or technologist in medical imaging, this issue often arises. Although many vendors make their implantable devices currently with MRI-safe materials, there are still quite a few prosthetic devices that contain significant amount of metal that either may migrate or heat up in the patient during an MRI scan. There are several books… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 27, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments