A majority of radiology patients prefer to hear their results from the ordering provider rather than a radiologist, while most want to the option to review the images and reports from their imaging tests, according to study results published online April 16 by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has developed a pair of safety training modules designed to help technologists and facilities meet revised CT and MRI safety requirements from the Joint Commission.

Right up until the Senate officially sealed the fate of Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) with a 92-8 vote late Tuesday night, it was easy to see how it all might unravel. The Senate had already pushed the vote back as far as possible due to a two-week recess, concerns about the repeal bill’s cost were becoming more vocal, and six amendments were to be voted on before the final SGR repeal vote

Police in Buffalo, N.Y., arrested Albert R. Cowie, MD, 36, early Wednesday morning on charges of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance by fraud and conspiracy to commit a drug felony, according to a press release issued Thursday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of New York.

It came down to the wire, but late Tuesday night the Senate passed a bill that would repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula by a vote of 92-8. The historic vote sent the bill to President Obama and will finally end a series of temporary fixes that annually threatened physician payments.

A recent article in the Chicago Tribune profiled a pair of radiologic technologists in order to help explain to lay readers just what is involved in the job.

When a bill to permanently repeal and replace the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) easily passed the U.S. House late last month, it seemed like legislators were closer than ever to fixing the yearly threat to physician pay. As another deadline looms for the Senate, however, a report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Office of the Actuary is pointing out the limits of the bill.

A single-center study evaluating compliance with CT dose reporting legislation in California found that reliance upon correct human performance was inadequate to ensure accurate reporting and formatting of CT dosage information, according to study results published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roegentology.