Thursday, March 28, 2024

Radiology

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Health System Approves New Priority Level for Radiology Exams: ‘Insanity Stat’

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BOSTON, MA - New England-based hospital system GinormaHealth announced Tuesday that effective August 1st a new priority system would be in effect for all imaging exams.  "We believe that when the care of a...
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Ever Wonder How Radiologists Know What Studies to Recommend?

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Ever wonder how radiologists know what studies to recommend and perform?  GomerBlog has gone undercover into the bowels of hospitals to study radiologists.  After months of hiding under desks in dark rooms, this is what...
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Physician Foreplay 101: How to Seduce Your Doctor

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Seduce any doctor by using valuable information about his or her specialty to ensure total success in the bedroom. Emergency Medicine Go skydiving to get the adrenaline going.  Speed home.  Once there, run upstairs and cut...
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New Smartphone App + Selfie Stick Allows Patients to Take Own X-Rays at Home

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CUPERTINO, CA - The telemedicine boom is poised to become an explosion, as a new app allows smartphone users to take their own x-rays with the aid of a "selfie stick."  The images can then...
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Road to the Final Four Best Lifestyle Medical Specialties

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INDIANA - After another exciting and grueling March Madness Hospital Edition, with some upsets and bracket busters, the Final Four Medical Specialties with the Best Lifestyle have been determined.  Once again the solid #1...
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Newborn Delivered at 35,000 Feet: A Doctor’s Perspective

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SOMEWHERE OVER HOBOKEN, NJ – It’s amazing how there is always a doctor around when you need one.  Hardly 200 miles into my flight out of Albany last Thursday, a young woman in 3B...
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Radiology Intern Already Unable to Completely Exclude Any Diagnosis

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COLUMBIA, SC - Radiology intern Luke Brees did not expect to make history when he signed in for his night shift in the ED reading room on Thursday night.  However, the newly-minted doctor stunned...
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3D Head CT: The New Ultimate Selfie

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Smile, smirk, or blow a kiss.  Selfies have been taken to a whole new level with the commercial availability of head CT scans by start up company, Selfie CT.  Instead of a flat generic...
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Radiology Reading Center Switching to Snapchat

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VALHALLA, NY - The Valhalla Nighthawk Radiology Group recently announced its new partnership with Snapchat, the popular photo messaging application, to place itself ahead in the increasingly competitive teleradiology social market. "We believe this is going...
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CDC Warns of Emerging Disease Deemed ‘Panniculolithiasis’

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ATLANTA, GA - The CDC has issued an advisory regarding a new disease being reported sporadically across the country.  There have now been over 250 confirmed cases of what the agency has named “panniculolithiasis.” The...