Digital Radiology Comes of Age
Sean Reilly, publisher, Imaging Technology News Sean Reilly, publisher, Imaging Technology News Editor’s note: This post first appeared on ITNonline.com’s publisher blog. Re-posted with author permission. Murphy’s Law… One day…
A Von Eschenbach Sighting
Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Andrew Von Eschenbach, who ran the agency from 2005 to 2009 and has now decamped to the conservative Manhattan Institute, had this advice for…
Love Explained
It turns out that love truly is a chemical reaction. Researchers using MRIs to look at the brain activity of the smitten have found that an interplay of hormones and…
Latest Medical Technology Is Cool, But Will It Ever Be Used?
New technology used to be the star of the annual Computer Electronics Show, but that event has recently lost a lot of its glitter. FutureMed may be taking its place in the realm…
First Lawsuit Filed Against a Business Associate Under HIPAA / HITECH
The first HIPAA enforcement action against a business associate has been filed by the Minnesota Attorney General's office. The first HIPAA enforcement action against a business associate has been filed…
New Cancer Screening Recommendations Very Controversial
I see five major themes in cancer care advances –new approaches to screening and diagnosis, better understanding of the role of viruses as causative agents, targeted therapies, new technologies and…
Will Accountable Care be the Final Straw for US Economy and Healthcare system?
Essential to the development of an ACO, small or large is Health Information Technology.Key recommendations include: a health IT infrastructure that is flexible to support the changing needs of…
With Health Care Spending Still on the Rise, Payment Models Begin to Change
Earlier this week, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) held a hearing on delivery system reforms that reward physicians who deliver high quality and efficient care. At…
Unintended Pregnancy: A Biomarker for Disease and Poverty
The U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops proved in its late Friday statement opposing President Obama’s compromise plan on contraceptive services that it cares as little about science as it does…
Physician Burnout: Why it’s not a Fair Fight
Why does having a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment as a modern doctor seem like such a struggle at times? There is an invisible battle going on, day-by-day…
