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Hundreds of radiation overdoses went undetected for 18 months
It took 18 months before someone at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles noticed that hundreds of patients had received more than eight times the normal dose of radiation. The error was... Read more...
Study: Radiologists losing control of imaging industry
Radiologists may be losing their dominance in the imaging industry, partly due to competition and partly due to the intervention of radiology benefit management companies, according to a group of... Read more...
FDA contact number may be on DTC ads soon; Critics speak out against New Orleans medical campus;
> The FDA is considering requiring DTC ads to have an FDA contact number so that patients can report adverse reactions. FiercePharma > Local and federal officials want to create a medical... Read more...
Trend: Huge growth in use of CT scans troubles observers
At one point, CT scans were used now and then, when doctors had few alternatives. Today, however, CT scans have become a standard method for diagnosing ordinary problems like kidney stones, frequent... Read more...
FL leads nation in imaging
At least where Medicare beneficiaries were concerned, it appears that Floridians were the U.S. champs for medical imaging in 2006. A new report from the GAO found that for that year, Florida Medicare... Read more...
Some nurses paid higher than primary care doctors
If you really want to make the bucks, primary care isn't the way to go. That fact was underscored this week by a study from staffing firm Merritt Hawkins & Associates, which noted that while... Read more...
