The Image Gently campaign, conducted by the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, has developed an initiative called Back to Basics, aimed at helping providers strengthen radiation protection when performing x-ray exams on children.

Many U.S. mammographers believe their performance is better than it actually is and at least as good as their colleagues, according to survey results published in the September issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.

BOSTONThe use of Facebook by hospitals has been increasing at a steady pace, but specific factors impact utilization, according to research conducted by Ricky Leung, PhD, assistant professor of health management and informatics at University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, and presented during the Medicine 2.0 Congress.

Applications for the Putting Patients First Grant from AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management and Toshiba are due Oct. 15.

The University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health, GE Healthcare and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation have reached new research collaboration and technology invention agreements that will result in the creation of a new imaging research facility.

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have befuddled imagers, with radiologists wondering how the specialty might fit into a model seemingly focused on primary care. ACOs have been a hot topic for several years, and generate many unanswered questions. How will the model differ from health maintenance organizations? What methods will they use to cut spending? The answers remain elusive, but with more than 200 ACOs in various stages of operation in the U.S., its time for radiologists to take charge of defining imagings role in the ACO model.

Rutland Regional Medical Center in Vermont, is a 188-bed rural hospital that effectively weds high-tech imaging with patient-centric care. This high-tech hospital with a hometown touch utilizes an integrated RIS-PACS-reporting solution in its radiology department that is delivering benefits across the health system.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard on Sept. 10 sentenced Steven Beumel, RT, to 30 years in federal prison for intentionally spreading hepatitis C at the Mayo Clinics interventional radiology unit.