People in the US trust the esteemed medical society representing close to forty thousand oncologists, radiologists, medical physicists, and nuclear medicine doctors. Yes, we are talking about the American College of Radiology (ACR), which has officially recognized over thirty-nine thousand facilities that conduct different types of medical imaging procedures. Recently, a new report has been […]
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Key to Information Sharing? Giving Patients Ownership of Their Data
With the pandemic bringing a massive change in every working sector, it is becoming a great challenge to make information accessible and shareable. However, the drastic change did bring some positivity because Information and Technology sector began to grow massively. Hence, information is getting more accessible and stored, organized properly. The health sector is one […]
Radiology Professionals Take Crucial Steps Post Committing a Mistake
The astounding advancements in medical science and technology are facilitating the healthcare sector worldwide to grow rapidly. Healthcare specialists can now provide remarkably better and faster services to patients leveraging cutting-edge technology-equipped medical equipment. Diagnosing and treating a myriad of physical and mental health issues in the most effective way is no more a challenge […]
Physician Burnout- Consequences and How To Avoid
Medical practitioner, radiologist burnout is getting common with every passing day. In case of any local, national, or worldwide health crisis, it is the medical staff that is the most affected. Undoubtedly, common people have to suffer from the disease, but the brunt is on both sides for health practitioners. On the one hand, they […]
Significance of Making Patients the Owner of Their Medical Records
The ecosystem of medical data is remarkably complicated, and it has been giving indications constantly to become more complex over time. Despite the existence of state laws on the ownership of clinical data or information, it’s still not clear who should own the data – hospitals/ physicians or patients? This particular debate regarding medical data […]
The Surprise-billing Payment Methodology Disappoints the American College of Radiology
The American College of Radiology is gravely disappointed with the fed planning to calculate its qualifying payments under the newly unveiled regulation to address all surprise bills for medical purposes. In a recent release, the Health and Human Services disclosed a 411-page rule, starting the process of acknowledging and addressing the issue immediately after Congress […]
Radiologic Technologists Suffering From Lower Morale, Happiness during Pandemic
In today’s modern world, the medical system is unthinkable without its imaging staff. Radiology plays a crucial role in every step of treatment. Be it the correct diagnoses of the disease or its management, physicians constantly take the help of radiologists to render the proper treatment. Even amidst the Covid-19, chest radiographs are proving extremely […]
We Are All At Risk With Covid-19
The new SARS COV-2, or coronavirus, has killed millions of people worldwide, wreaking havoc that the world has never witnessed before. Despite modern technology, advanced medical science, and new inventions, a year has passed since the pandemic began, yet the world does not have a shot to the virus. Of course, not everyone is dying. […]
COVID-19 and Neurological Issues
Now it’s been almost a year since the novel coronavirus began spreading from one part of the world to another. With every passing day, since the outbreak, the novel coronavirus kept on spreading fast from one country to another, and within a quick time, it encompassed the entire world. In a period of ten or […]
Reasons Why IBM Watson Flopped in the Healthcare Industry
Some time back, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the largest cancer center in the US, announced that it is going to introduce IBM Watson’s computing system into the healthcare system. With the help of Artificial Intelligence, this system was supposed to accelerate the decision-making process of physicians while treating cancer tumors. But IBM Watson turned out […]