Limiting medical residents to 16-hour work shifts, instead of allowing for longer stretches, increased satisfaction with training but did not affect overall educational outcomes. Findings were published March 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Unconscious patients suffering from blunt neck injuries may benefit more from a CT scan without a follow-up MRI, reducing excessive costs on imaging exams, according to a study led by Ajay Malhotra, MBBS, MD, associate professor of radiology and biomedical imaging at Yale.

Omar A. Almusa, a 45-year-old Pittsburgh radiologist, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for unlawfully dispensing controlled substances and healthcare fraud.

Linda Gates-Striby raised some eyebrows at the American College of Cardiology’s Cardiovascular Summit in February when, in one PowerPoint slide, she showed how much proper documentation and coding could affect a hospital’s quality measures, bottom line—and even a doctor’s reputation.

In a March 7 session presented at HIMSS18 in Orlando, Shari Erickson, MPH, vice president of government affairs and medical practice at the American College of Physicians (ACP), discussed how healthcare organizations can reduce administrative tasks to reduce physician burnout.

A report presented March 5 at HIMSS found 59 percent of American consumers want a healthcare digital customer experience to be more like online retailers.

The Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) recently announced a new campaign to reach 6,000 members, according to an association press release.

Siemens’ healthcare division, Siemens Healthineers, began trading on Germany’s stock exchange Friday, raising $5.2 billion (4.2 billion euros) by selling 15 percent of the company. Shares of were issued at 28 euros each but opened at 29.10 euros each.