Mesa Biotech, a San Diego-based molecular diagnostic company, has formed a scientific advisory board to oversee the development and commercialization of the company’s infectious disease initiatives.

Two healthcare technology companies have struck up a transatlantic partnership in an effort to improve breast cancer diagnostic imaging in Europe. U.S.-based Visiopharm said in a statement it will combine its analysis software with Netherlands-based Royal Philips’ imaging programs with the aim to “boost breast cancer diagnosis objectivity.” 

The Internal Association of HealthCare Professionals added two radiologists to its organization last week.

A study revealed that non-image-interpretive tasks (NITs) such as phone calls and meetings take up a significant amount of time and divert attention away from image-interpretive tasks (IIT), which could negatively affect quality metrics.

Imagine that you are managing a group of radiologists, and your oldest employee is working part-time. Other employees share their concern that the quality of this employee’s reports is lacking, potentially due to “cognitive decline.” How do you proceed? Two doctors presented four different imaging leaders with this hypothetical situation, asking each one what they would do.

Radiology Partners announced this week that Joseph C. Mello had been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Mello currently works with HealthCare Partners, a division of DaVita Healthcare Partners, as chief operating officer. 

Joseph F. Sackett, MD, has been honored with the Tulane Medical Alumni Association’s Lifetime Achievement award. Sackett, who graduated from the university's School of Medicine in 1966, received the award during a May ceremony celebrating the 50-year reunion of his medical school class.

Education can be accomplished in a number of ways. One popular method of teaching is through sheer repetition (the massed method), while others use a learning process spaced out over time (the interleaved method). But which is the most effective for radiologists?