Medical, Legal, and Practice: Page 39

Exposed: U.K. scam involves horse scanners
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Several businesses in the U.K. fell victim to a scam claiming that a thermal imaging system designed for use in horses can also be used to detect breast cancer in humans, according to an article posted on 2 March by digital news channel StokeonTrentLive.
March 3, 2020
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WHO raises coronavirus mortality rate to 3.4%
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its estimate of the mortality rate of patients infected with the novel coronavirus to 3.4% globally, up from a 2.3% death rate made in previous estimates.
March 3, 2020
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ECR 2020 gets postponed until mid-July
By Philip Ward
Next week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) has been called off and rescheduled for 15-19 July in Vienna. It was impossible to guarantee a safe environment for attendees due to the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to organizers of the meeting.
March 2, 2020
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EBR offers 2 new self-assessment tests
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Board of Radiology (EBR) has added self-assessment tests for urogenital and gynecological imaging to its European Diploma in Radiology app.
March 1, 2020
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BIR, CSR release publication on artificial intelligence
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) and the Chinese Society of Radiology (CSR) have produced a new joint publication, Artificial Intelligence in Imaging.
March 1, 2020
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Philips, ESR partner on ultrasound program at ECR 2020
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Royal Philips, the parent company of Philips Healthcare, and the European Society of Radiology (ESR) have partnered to host a series of ultrasound educational sessions at the upcoming ECR 2020 in Vienna.
February 27, 2020
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ESR: Know the facts about the coronavirus
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is asking attendees of next month's ECR not to become caught up in potential "hysteria" regarding the coronavirus disease and to know the facts about it.
February 25, 2020
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Siemens: Mobile imaging is key investment area
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Financial Services has released research that identifies mobile imaging as an important investment area for healthcare in the U.K.
February 25, 2020
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Prosecutor declines charges in Swedish MRI accident
By Philip Ward
The specialist nurse who got sucked into an MRI scanner in Swedish Lapland in October 2019 will not face charges after a prosecutor decided there was insufficient evidence to take the case to court. The official investigation into the incident is now closed.
February 24, 2020
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U.K. radiographer gets struck off register for hate crime
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A radiographer who bombed one of the U.K.'s oldest synagogues on Holocaust Memorial Day has been removed from the medical register, according to a report published in the Daily Mail.
February 24, 2020
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RSNA urged to do more to offset carbon footprint
By Kate Madden Yee
The organizers of the RSNA in Chicago and the radiology community must act to offset the meeting's airplane travel-related carbon dioxide emissions, particularly because the organization is dedicated to human health, Dutch authors believe.
February 23, 2020
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Is it good practice to give patients a business card?
By Frances Rylands-Monk and Kate Madden Yee
The simple act of radiologists giving patients their business card goes a long way toward helping patients remember the radiologist's name after an examination and enhancing the patient-doctor relationship, according to Swiss-Austrian research.
February 19, 2020
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