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Many or most who left their jobs in the early 2020s—whether for other nursing jobs or entirely new work—were thinking about doing so prior to the pandemic. 

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Though both modalities offer providers insight into the extent of a patient’s disease, WB-MRI may be more beneficial for patients than the current standard of care. 

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MRI-detected signs of cardiac remodeling may tell clinicians a thing or two about a patient's odds of developing certain cancers. Changes in heart muscle mass, for example, were linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. 

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The NSA independent dispute resolution process was updated by federal agencies on May 28, with the final rule including a slew of changes that affect radiology providers. 

A vast majority of patient deaths in the first year after TAVR have nothing to do with heart health. Could care teams be doing more to identify high-risk patients? 

Compensation for U.S. cardiologists is up across the board, according to a recent survey published by MedAxiom, an American College of Cardiology company. The report identified similar trends for cardiovascular surgeons, highlighting the country’s high demand for all heart specialists in 2024 and beyond.

A failed TAVR procedure has left one family unsure about where things went wrong. 

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The Promoting Fairness for Medicare Providers Act seeks to smooth out reimbursement differences between office- and hospital-based settings. 

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Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, announced the news on June 10, with the money going toward Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. 

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The grand jury indicted two individuals for their alleged roles in a scheme to steal data on Medicare patients and re-sell that information for a premium to nefarious actors for the purpose of siphoning funds from the program. One of the individuals is accused of photographing patient records to obtain names, dates of birth and other personal information.

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Though these treatments are typically done with assistance from real-time fluoroscopy, there is ample evidence nuclear imaging may offer more benefits.

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Last month saw the release of research showing a small but nontrivial number of physicians quit the job soon after completing residency training. Now comes a separate study suggesting the reasons for the phenomenon are often deep, diffuse and knotty—and thus difficult to address in a strictly programmatic way. 

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Funding will back the imaging manufacturer's efforts to boost the cyber resilience of medical devices and equipment. 

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Many or most who left their jobs in the early 2020s—whether for other nursing jobs or entirely new work—were thinking about doing so prior to the pandemic. 

Though both modalities offer providers insight into the extent of a patient’s disease, WB-MRI may be more beneficial for patients than the current standard of care. 

MRI-detected signs of cardiac remodeling may tell clinicians a thing or two about a patient's odds of developing certain cancers. Changes in heart muscle mass, for example, were linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.