Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Our article from PACS education expert Herman Oosterwijk on potential legal exposure from PACS was the top article this past week on AuntMinnie.com.
Mr. Oosterwijk reviewed the variety of ways that PACS can expose a hospital to legal jeopardy, from generic passwords that are shared between staff members to the need to perform appropriate due diligence and acceptance testing when purchasing a PACS network. Read about his nine ways to reduce legal exposure to PACS problems by clicking here.
Other big stories for the week included an article on how emergency departments continue to perform CT scans on kids suspected of having traumatic brain injury, in spite of efforts to reduce utilization. Another highly read article investigated why coronary CT angiography should be used more often for evaluating coronary artery disease.
Meanwhile, a new article on our sister site AuntMinnieEurope.com has been causing a stir this week. U.K. radiologist Dr. Paul McCoubrie has offered up what he calls the 20 golden rules of radiology, ranging from whether you can use the term "no change" on a radiology report (there is only one acceptable instance) to tips on how to dress. Check it out by clicking here.
It may only be September, but thoughts are already beginning to turn to Chicago in November. That's when the annual RSNA meeting will convene on the shores of Lake Michigan, bringing radiology professionals from all over the world together to meet and learn.
What will be the top trends at this year's meeting? Industry analyst Steve Holloway of market research firm Signify Research took a crack at this question and, interestingly, artificial intelligence did not top his list. Find out what he thinks will grab the headlines by clicking here.
It may be the weekend, but the news never stops here at your favorite radiology portal. On Sunday, we'll be reporting from the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine's Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging in San Francisco. We'll be filing live video reports on our Facebook page, so be sure to check them out by clicking here.
