August/September 2001

Features

Cover Story

	Giving Emergency Radiology Its Due
	by Rich Smith
	As demand grows for emergency care, Ohio State University Medical Center has responded with a top-notch emergency radiology service.

	Issues in Screening: Gathering Consensus
	by Robert Bruce


	HIPAA's Red Flags
	by Herman Oosterwijik
	As access to images widens, so does the potential for privacy violations.


	Addressing Patient Dose
	by Walter Huda PhD
	Part II: The author reviews the biological effects of radiation, the effects of digital radiology on patient doses, and patient protection.


	The Breast Biopsy Puzzle
	by Elizabeth Finch
	The medical consensus supporting core needle biopsy is confounded by the fact that open surgical biopsy continues to represent the lion's share of breast biopsy in the United States.


	3 Paths to a Print Network
	by Chris Wolski
	Developing a printer network is an important step toward digital imaging as revealed by the strategies at three different health care organizations.

Departments

	Viewpoint
	What Does It Take to Do the Right Thing?
	by Cheryl Proval
	There is no time like the present to educate consumers and surgeons on the benefits of core needle and vacuum-assisted needle biopsy.


	Guest Editorial
	A New Paradigm for Radiology
	by Edward I. Bluth MD
	A heightened focus on screening studies would enable radiologists to meet the challenge of identifying disease as early as possible.


	Imaging Business
	How Many People Does It Take to Run a PACS?
	by Rosemary Honea RTR, RDMS
	Most health care organizations are woefully understaffed when it comes to support staff for PACS.


	Technology Economics Review
	Breast Imaging in 2001
	by Judith Gunn Bronson MS
	With recent studies reinforcing the belief that mammography saves lives, MRI and ultrasound of the breast are answering questions left unanswered by radiography.

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