Mississippi's state Board of Medical Licensure is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) following the VA's refusal to release the names of patients potentionally affected by the alleged misconduct of a former radiologist at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Medical Center in Jackson, according to an Associated Press (AP) report. 

Cybersecurity is a top concern in medicine, but reports of the risks often leave many unanswered questions. What role does clinical staff need to play in maintaining security? Are certain systems more at risk than others?

It’s all about the patient. This is an idea that seems obvious to most at first blush. After all, why would anyone seek a job in healthcare if not to help patients? But sometimes organizations need to rethink their processes to evaluate whether the patient is truly at the center of what they do. 

Isaac Newton humbly stated, "if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." We all look to leaders in our field to emulate and follow.

Finding ways to work out at work, especially in a profession like radiology that tends to be sedentary, may be essential in order to stay healthy.

The European ultrasound market is growing as providers are attracted to the versatile, radiation-free modality, and earned revenues are projected to grow by more than 20 percent from 2013 to 2019, according to market research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.

U.S. healthcare spending will slow by 1.5 percent over the next decade, but will grow by two percent this year, according to a report from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Defensive medicine is the main culprit for wasting up to nearly $12 billion on unneeded imaging exams each year in the U.S., according to a survey done by peer60, a research company based in American Fork, Utah.