Having a system for the communication of critical radiology exam results is, well, critical. The well-being of a patient often hangs in the balance, and the Joint Commission has prioritized the safe communication of critical test results in recent patient safety goals.

Since its early days, cardiac CT has served physicians and patients quite well. But some patients have been left off the table. However, recent research might trim the pool of excluded patients.

A two-year-old boy in Mexico is recovering and reportedly doing well after doctors removed a 33 lb. benign tumor from his body.

Todays residents have seen the future of radiology education, and it is mobile. A survey of radiology residents across the U.S. has shown that they spend nearly an equal amount of time learning from printed textbooks as they do from online or electronic resources, and benefits to study time could be seen by programs incorporating tablet devices, according to research published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Early June typically marks the 2012 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). And as I prep for this years meeting, I cant help but notice some interesting parallels between the meeting program and Healthimaging.coms June advanced visualization portal.

Radiologists and physicians need to be aware of potential harms associated with access to patient radiation exposure histories, according to a commentary in the June issue of Radiology. With access to previous histories, physicians might fall prey to the fallacy that they can reduce the risks of previous exposure by bypassing current CT exams. Such false logic might lead to more harm than good, cautioned the authors.

Barco has supplied diagnostic and clinical displays to Indiana University Health for the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine.

Sue Siegel has been named a GE corporate vice president and will serve as CEO of GE's Healthymagination of Fairfield, Conn.