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MedPAC urges closer look at costs for MRIs, CT scans
A 17-member independent advisory group has urged Congress to get tough on doctors who order too many diagnostic...
CDS Reduces Rate of Imaging Test Orders by 25% in Study
Clinical decision support systems may save money by reducing the number of inappropriate medical imaging procedures...
Onsite medical imaging equipment concerns researchers
Owning or leasing medical equipment was more likely to occur at larger group practices with more than 50 physicians...
In push to detect early Alzheimer?s markers, hopes for prevention
Will Alzheimer’s disease, a terrible degenerative brain disease with no treatments and no clear guidelines for...
After stroke scans, patients face serious health risks
An examination by The New York Times has found that radiation overdoses were larger and more widespread than previously...
Safety violations at Columbia brain lab may have bigger fallout
The suspension of some research at a prominent Columbia University brain-imaging lab because of sloppy practices could...
Milwaukee hospitals above average in CT scans
Two Milwaukee County hospitals performed many more abdominal imaging tests than other hospitals around the country...
New government report raises questions about CT scans at Illinois hospitals
The information from the government shocked administrators at Edward Hospital. Their doctors were ordering so-called...
Overuse of CT scans will lead to new cancer deaths, a study shows
Widespread overuse of CT scans and variations in radiation doses caused by different machines are subjecting patients...
Third Los Angeles-area hospital in radiation overdose probe
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has widened its investigation into radiation overdoses that patients have...