Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies. 

Distance learning’s 4 pros, 5 cons in radiology education

Challenged by the COVID pandemic to “match pedagogy with purpose,” many radiology educators have tapped technology to help keep residents from falling behind.

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Moderna CFO out of job after two days

Moderna cited “an ongoing internal investigation into certain matters” in its announcement.

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Israel’s famously innovative healthcare system struggles to secure imaging devices

In some cases hospital staff kept no watch over outside-looking-in connections between manufacturers and scanners.

AI differentiates 2 types of autoimmune arthritis on CT

Computer scientists, rheumatologists and immunologists have pooled skill sets to develop a neural network that can distinguish between rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis while also recognizing healthy joints with no arthritis at all.

Implantable heart stimulator conditionally cleared for MRI

The FDA has OK’d the use of MR imaging for patients implanted with an autonomic heart-stimulation device as long as the device’s labeled guidelines are followed at the imaging site.

DOJ now investigating Cerebral for ADHD prescribing practices

As a result, the company stated it will pause the practice of prescribing controlled substances as a treatment for ADHD such as Adderall and Ritalin for new patients starting May 9.

Unclear ownership, uneven assessments hamper informed-consent efforts in IR

The interventional radiology practice of an academic medical center has identified four challenges to securing informed consent from patients or their medical decision-makers. 

Cross-sectional imaging ordered downstream for just 15% of emergency POCUS patients

Using point-of-care ultrasound in emergency settings does not lead to overutilization of follow-up imaging with cross-sectional CT, MRI or additional ultrasounds.