After all the personal opinions die down on social media about whether the vaccine is safe and the naysayers express their mantra of “Never, I won’t take it”, the real fight begins. Who is on the priority list? Besides hospital and clinic -based personnel and those residing in nursing homes who will draw the lucky straws? Will it be politicized? After all, the distribution is … Continue reading The Healthcare Fight of the Week: Vaccine Anyone?
In June of 2020 during the height of the pandemic, ARRT published proposals for public comment from the professional community about discontinuing acceptance of CE for preparing and delivering presentations, both oral and written. Why? The Board of Trustees state they received a great deal of feedback and decided that effective January 1, 2022, ARRT will stop accepting CE credits for preparing and delivering presentations. … Continue reading ARRT Will Stop Accepting CE for Preparing and Delivering Presentations
As a Radiology Director, Administrator, Radiation Safety Officer and now owner of a medical imaging education company, I have always received numerous questions about job responsibilities, liabilities, and what job safety requirements are considered acceptable for every modality in medical imaging. I have witnessed and been involved in life altering incidents for patients. This begs the question; whose job is it anyway to ensure the … Continue reading Patient Safety: Whose Job Is It Anyway? A Radiology Tragedy
Five months ago, on March 2nd, 2020 I had started my new job with MEDRelief Staffing. I was prepared to help build the new travel healthcare division and increase our client base. That same day, our largest local client called and wanted to know what our safety protocols were for dealing with our exposure to the new disaster-COVID-19. We responded with our disaster protocols. The … Continue reading The Realities of Healthcare Staffing During COVID-19
With the prolific advancements in social media and technology, our world seems to get smaller and smaller every day. No other event in history can illustrate that point more than the global COVID-19 pandemic. As healthcare professionals we have witnessed first-hand the devastating losses caused by this pandemic but there have also been positive aspects born out of necessity that bear mentioning. A our fellow … Continue reading Diagnostic Imaging & Artificial Intelligence – A response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Just 3 years ago I was sitting at this computer writing a blog 12 days after the Hurricane Harvey disaster. Now we are in a new disaster of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are still happy to report that everyone in our AHEC family is safe as far as we know. Every day is a new experience and we, as much as everyone else, face new … Continue reading #HoustonStrong – We are back open for business!
We noticed a lot of concerns from the radiography community about the sanitary use of lead markers, especially on possible COVID-19 patients. Most technologists whose facilities don’t have digital markers, have used the same lead markers for years or decades. We surveyed our database of technologists throughout the U.S. and abroad. Over 55% of the responding technologists work in a hospital, 24% in freestanding clinics … Continue reading How Your Peers are Protecting Markers and Equipment During the Pandemic
Patient visits to the emergency room have been trending downward since mid-March proving that people are afraid of going to the hospital. Doctors believe it is because people are afraid of possibly contracting Covid-19. As Covid-19 emergency room admissions rise across the country, non-coronavirus patients are avoiding hospitals and seeking treatment at alternative outpatient sites. If people are avoiding hospitals out of fear, it could … Continue reading Coronavirus sparks dramatic decline in non-coronavirus ER visits
Amid the pandemic, it is hard to connect with others who may be undergoing the same types of experiences in the workplace. The pandemic exposure is variable dependent upon your geography. State by state, the numbers of people exposed and/or positive is driving the employment status. It’s difficult to make assertions about the radiology workplace as a whole. Different facilities have different responses to PPE … Continue reading Taking Our Temperature: What’s Your Employment Status
How are you fighting off COVID-19? If your only weapon against the Coronavirus is hand sanitizer, you may want to reevaluate your battle strategy. Nowadays you can barely find any in stock in the grocery store. People are buying in bulk, either out of fear or they’re trying to make a quick buck with the sudden increase in demand. Some are even attempting to make … Continue reading Hand Sanitizer Raises Red Flags
