| Today's News and Trends | The future of radiology education could lie in a more personal approach to marketing, three medical experts are suggesting in this month’s edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The future of radiology education could lie in a more personal approach to marketing, three medical experts are suggesting in this month’s edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. | | |
| Facebook, the most popular social media platform in the United States, offers radiologists numerous ways to develop their brand, according to a new commentary published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Facebook, the most popular social media platform in the United States, offers radiologists numerous ways to develop their brand, according to a new commentary published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. | | |
| GE Healthcare has announced it will sell its revenue cycle, ambulatory care and workforce management software units to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $1.05 billion, following earlier plans for General Electric to sell assets and rumors the entire company could be broken up. GE Healthcare has announced it will sell its revenue cycle, ambulatory care and workforce management software units to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $1.05 billion, following earlier plans for General Electric to sell assets and rumors the entire company could be broken up. | | |
| Social media, particularly flexible platforms like Facebook, could be changing the way free medical information is circulated worldwide, according to three Johns Hopkins University researchers. Social media, particularly flexible platforms like Facebook, could be changing the way free medical information is circulated worldwide, according to three Johns Hopkins University researchers. | | |
| A novel system that can calibrate medical imaging biomarkers could be paving the way for MRI to make precise, traceable measurements inside the human body, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced late this March. A novel system that can calibrate medical imaging biomarkers could be paving the way for MRI to make precise, traceable measurements inside the human body, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced late this March. | | |
| The American College of Radiology (ACR) released the latest edition of its ACR Appropriateness Criteria on Monday, April 2, noting it has now been 25 years since the college released its first appropriateness criteria in 1993. The American College of Radiology (ACR) released the latest edition of its ACR Appropriateness Criteria on Monday, April 2, noting it has now been 25 years since the college released its first appropriateness criteria in 1993. | | |
| The Penn State College of Medicine announced Monday, April 2, that it has created a new department of radiation oncology. Rickhesvar Mahraj, MD, a professor of radiology and pediatrics, is the department’s interim chair. The Penn State College of Medicine announced Monday, April 2, that it has created a new department of radiation oncology. Rickhesvar Mahraj, MD, a professor of radiology and pediatrics, is the department’s interim chair. | | |
| A week-old law in Kentucky is barring federally certified radiologists from reading x-rays in state black lung compensation cases, leaving the task to the six pulmonologists who practice in the area, NPR has reported. A week-old law in Kentucky is barring federally certified radiologists from reading x-rays in state black lung compensation cases, leaving the task to the six pulmonologists who practice in the area, NPR has reported. | | |
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