December 2021
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! The Title Fight Between PAs
(Physician Assistants) and Physicians
Physician assistants are fighting for a name change. They no longer want to be seen as assistants simply because they provide care as part of a team, says Leslie Clayton, a Minnesota physician assistant of 23 years. Read more…
‘Tis the Season…For Injuries
What do you imagine when you think of the winter holidays? Most people imagine good cheer, spending time with loved ones, and holiday traditions. Read more…
How to Transform from Healthcare Hero to Archenemy in Less Than One Year!
Some of the most enduring images from last Spring were people standing on their balconies clapping as healthcare workers came to the hospitals. Read more…
November 2021
The Impact of Deep Learning AI on Mammography
A new study by Dr. Shepherd and colleagues has recently shown that deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence, has a higher precision rate of detecting cancer risks in mammograms compared to conventional methods. Read more…
The Role of Radiology in Paleontology
Dinosaurs, one of Earth’s greatest creatures, has intrigued people for generations. Unfortunately, the only public places left to see remnants of those extinct creatures are museums. Read more…
October 2021
The Mass Migration Out of Healthcare
In 2017, I wrote a blog about Burnout Syndrome. Wow! What we didn’t know back then seems to be eons ago. Now, we are in another pandemic surge, this one worse than the first. Read more…
Radiology Staffing Shortages Nation Wide?
Hearing about healthcare workers who are tired and stressed isn’t surprising these days. Staffing shortages are being reported in many different ways on the internet and social media. Read more…
September 2021
You’ve Received Your ARRT CQR RX… Now What?
There is much confusion about the prescribed continuing education credits and correct categories to satisfy the CQR requirements for each individual’s prescription RX. Read more…
August 2021
Hospitals Are Amazing Places… If You Have Enough Staff and Caregivers
The time is Sunday night, August 1, 2021. The place is Lyndon B Johnson Hospital, Houston, TX. The nursing shortage has come to a peak. There are 130 patients in the emergency room waiting to see the doctor. Read more…
Depression/Anxiety Among Rad Techs
Three prominent researchers got together to ask the hard questions about the workplace and its effects on radiologic technologists.
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July 2021
“Lunar Lunatics” and Other Superstitions in Healthcare
A superstition is a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation. Superstitions are persistent, even when confronted with evidence they are not true. Read more…
Recent Study Identifies Most Successful Radiologists
Breast subspecialty radiologists make up less than 10% of all radiologists, and most mammograms in the US are interpreted by general Radiologists. The demand for all radiologists to interpret screening mammograms is projected to increase as the U.S. population ages and more women comply with screening guidelines. Read more…
Customer Service with a Smile… Patient Complaints Getting You Down?
Last night I was at dinner with a friend and as we were chatting, we were acutely aware of two females at the table next to us. At some point it was noticeable to everyone in our vicinity the ladies were not happy. Read more…
June 2021
Is Asking About COVID a HIPPA Violation?Should we return to a mask free workplace? Now we are using the honor system to determine who should be wearing a mask. It is contingent upon vaccination. But we are being discouraged from carrying our vaccination cards or wearing any identification that says we are vaccinated. Read more…
Post Pandemic Bender – Are we Drinking Too Much?
We do not know what came first, bread or beer? We do know that many scientists have said that it could have been the beer or whatever available form of fermented liquid that brought us together.
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TMB requirement for Human Trafficking Prevention CE: AHEC course approved and available!
In February 2021, AHEC published a blog about the new Human Trafficking Prevention CE requirement effective 09/1/2020. Following the dissemination of this information, AHEC received numerous calls from Rad Techs inquiring about this new CE requirement. Read more…
May 2021
Human Trafficking Prevention for Healthcare Personnel Course
AHEC is excited to announce our 1-hour Human Trafficking Prevention for Healthcare Personnel Course has reached phase 2 of the 3-phase approval process from Texas Health and Human Services. Read more…
Can Patients Survive a Trip to Our Healthcare Facility?
“Post Hospital Syndrome”
In the days of Social Media, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn and other internet platforms, there are many communities where the professional’s “dirty laundry” is aired. Read more…
How is Your Mental Health, Health Care Worker?
Most of the time we know more about how much battery is left in our phones than we know about our personal battery. I wrote that in an AHEC blog some time back. My, how times have changed and how much more we are experiencing in personal battery failure.
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March 2021
Post Covid Vaccine Findings on Mammograms
It’s being reported from mammographers all over the country that women are showing positive nodes on mammograms after they had the Covid-19 vaccine. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are causing lymph nodes to activate and increase in size. Read more…
How is your brain? Will you be a super ager? Super Agers are individuals who are in their 80’s or older who have the same cognitive abilities comparable to those in middle age. Radiology image of the year was shown last summer 2020 at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in New Orleans. Read more…
Court Grants Temporary Injunction to AHEC Against MRMI and Former Employee
Following a hearing on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, the 134th District Court of Harris County granted a Temporary Injunction for Advanced Health Education Center against MTMI and a former AHEC employee, which restrains MTMI and the former AHEC employee, or any person acting in concert with them, from “using or disclosing AHEC’s confidential information and/or trade secrets, as such confidential information and trade secrets are defined by the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and failing to immediately return AHEC’s property including its trade secrets and confidential information that is currently in [their] possession.” Read more…
February 2021
Jury Awards $10.83M in MRI Allergic Reaction
This case was first reported in our blog “ Patient Safety: Whose Job Is It Anyway? A Radiology Tragedy” in September 2020. The case involved an allergic reaction to gadolinium by a 41 year old patient. Read more…