Medical, Legal, and Practice: Page 175

More seasoned doctors may make more diagnostic errors

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Second-year residents are more likely than first-year residents to make diagnostic mistakes due to a certain type of cognitive bias, a new study published yesterday in JAMA shows.

September 15, 2010

Siemens wins first U.K. contracts for syngo.via

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has received its first 10 orders in the U.K. for its syngo.via client-server application.

September 15, 2010

Carestream wins Netherlands contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health has won a PACS contract extension with a Netherlands hospital.

September 15, 2010

French government mulls nationwide PACS initiative

By Erik L. Ridley

France may be the latest European nation to pursue a large-scale PACS initiative if a digital image management proposal is adopted by the French government. If approved, the plan would implement a countrywide framework for storing medical image data, encompassing national, regional, and local levels.

September 13, 2010

Study finds VC cost-effective if tiny polyps are ignored

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy is cost-effective for colorectal cancer screening, assuming that only patients with polyps 6 mm or larger are referred for polypectomy, a new French study has concluded. Removing the smallest lesions is not only prohibitively expensive, the yield in terms of additional cancer is minimal.

September 8, 2010

Cancer cost world economy $895B in 2008

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cancer has the most devastating economic effects of any cause of death in the world, according to a report published by the American Cancer Society and cancer survivor advocacy group Livestrong in Austin, TX.

September 2, 2010