Category Archives: Radiology
HHS Announces Additional Protections for Patient Privacy
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued today its intended regulations to modify the Privacy Rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The new standards relate to how these Privacy Rules account for … Continue reading
New CT Scan Guidelines for Children
The research, presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP), found that establishing CT guidelines at Cincinnati Children’s reduced the number of scans, shortened patients’ hospital stays and reduced average patients’ costs by $8,000. The Study showed that … Continue reading
Radiology – The Power of Pictures
“Oh my God… It makes me somehow feel that I am looking at my own death!” –Anna Bertha Roentgen, wife of Wilhelm Roentgen, inventor of the x-ray, upon first seeing her husband’s creation in 1895.1 Continue reading
