IBM Watson has been in the news for a long time, both for good and for the wrong reasons. According to an expert, Gary N. Smith, the company has tried its luck in the health care field with IBM Watson. It was more about offering smarter ways to handle the medicine field and different activities. […]
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April 2019 Sets Record For Healthcare Breaches
Healthcare is a domain that uses data extensively. All the records associated with the patients regarding their medicines, methods of treatment, diagnosis, pathological tests, and results are maintained in data format these days for convenience. Hence, the healthcare industry is one of those industries that depend largely on the data for smooth operations. However, with […]
Touchstone Medical Imaging to pay $3M Federal Fine Following Cyber Security Breach
Touchstone Medical Imaging, or Touchstone, has eventually agreed to pay a federal fine of $3,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and also agreed to adopt a corrective approach and take action to settle all potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and […]
The ACR’s 4 Legislative Priorities for Capitol Hill Advocacy Day
On May 22, the year 2019, more than 400 members of the American College of Radiology (ACR) spoke with the elected federal representatives to discuss four legislative priorities as part of Capitol Hill Advocacy Day at the ACR Annual Meeting. Four legislative issues surrounding health insurance plans and the burden of huge costs on beneficiaries […]
Make Way for the Millennials-or Else
The new generation believes in endless opportunities offered by the digital world of mobile phones, hi-tech gadgets, and social media. Being the torchbearers of an ever-evolving digital world, they are probably more dependent on technology than any other generation. As a result, the directors of radiology residency programs are focusing on varied methods of training […]
75% of Radiologists Unhappy
According to the recent Medscape 2019 Radiology, Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report, radiologists are only mildly happy at the workplace compared to physicians and other specialty doctors. Only 25 percent claim to very happy or extremely happy in their workplace. The Survey Medscape performed a survey with over 15000 physicians spanning across 29 specialties for the […]