If an Active Shooter Situation can happen in Midland-0dessa, TX, it can happen anywhere! Midland and Odessa are connected cities and the recent site of random, senseless shooting deaths and injuries by one perpetrator. The two cities have a population total of 326,730 and approximately 959 hospital beds. These cities are much like most of…
Bracing for Medicare’s Appropriate Imaging Rule
Acronyms to know: PAMA Protecting Access to Medicare Act CDSM Clinical Decision Support Mechanism AUC Appropriate Use Criteria ACR American College of Radiology CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services PAMA is a CMS clinical decision software that processes every CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine and PET order performed. PAMA assigns criteria for appropriateness for these…
Are You Fluent in Swearing?
Do you think swearing isn’t big or clever? Think again. A study done by psychologists at Marist College has concluded that the use of swear words is a sign of a better vocabulary. Being a person that was taught how to swear when I first went to clinical assignments, I am highly interested in this…
Robocalls in Healthcare
What happens when you receive over 4,000 automated calls in less than 2 hours? April 30, 2018,9:30am-11:30am, it happened at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA Recently, automated phone calls have been increasing in volume for not only the everyday person, but for businesses and they are not showing any signs of slowing down. Who…
Radiography: Continuing Education Requirements and Options
Are you looking for more information on continuing your education as a radiologic technologist? Even though it’s your sole responsibility as a radiological technologist to continue your education, it is also required by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT), which is the board through which you take your certification exams. Continuing your radiography education…
Advancing Your Career as an Ultrasound Technologist
In the ever-growing field of ultrasound (sonography), there is a plethora of options you can choose to advance your career. These jobs include specializing in the ultrasound field and working as a sales professional. Here are three ways to get you started as an advanced ultrasound technologist and earn the salary you deserve. Ultrasound Technologist…
The Disengagement Epidemic: Who Can Save Us?
The increasing rate of change and corresponding degree of complexity in the work environment is taking a significant toll on the American workforce. Recently, I had this expressed to me in many different areas of the service industry. Conversations with service providers seem to all be singing the song, “I cannot find anyone to work…
The Surgical Attire Debate Goes On…
Be it common sense or what we learned in school, it is commonly accepted that surgical attire limits the surgical patient’s exposure to organisms, aiding in the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI). The great debate is not only what should the surgical attire be, but also what rules should be applied for the surgical…
Emergency Ultrasound Training for Quality Patient Care
One of the most important medical innovations of the last century is the ultrasound. First used in 1956, the sonogram quickly evolved into a useful diagnostic tool for cases requiring examination of the lungs, heart, kidneys, ovaries, uterus, testicles, and many more organs and systems of the body. It has become instrumental in emergency medical…
Who Is the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine?
The Mayo Clinic announces the end of the use of live animals in emergency medicine training as the Physicians committee for Responsible Medicine claims it is the FINAL medical school to do so. The website http://www.pcrm.org claims that the organization has been working for three decades to end animal use in the areas of advanced…