Radiology

When medical care is provided remotely, physicians still owe a duty of care to the patient when providing advice, treatment, or diagnosis. However, it is less clear when physicians consult with one another remotely. For instance, does a consulting radiology doctor owe a duty of care to an ER patient whose scans he or she reviews via e-mail? The Standard of Care Another important issue is the standard of care to be applied in telemedicine malpractice suits. In order to prove negligence, injured…

Dental Education Association). Besides private practices, one can teach in an institution or research new discoveries to advance the dental field (Dentistry Career Options). Dentists can also become specialists in: Endodontic, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, and many more specialties; however, in addition to dental school, one must add two to four more years to become a specialist (Dentistry Career Options). There are many routes that dentists can…

In her article Is It Possible to Curtail Copy & Paste? Lisa Eramo (2017) discusses the prevalence of copy-and-paste documentation in electronic health records, along with its challenges and benefits, and strategies to prevent documentation errors. This article utilized qualitative methodologies to examine issues caused by cloning of electronic documentation in patient’s medical files, using examples from a report published by the ECRI institute and Patient Safety Organization (PSO). This…

Summary: An exceptional framework has been found to help the elderly in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This framework has allowed for acute treatment to occur in patient’s homes, rather than visiting hospitals. The length of stay and cost has decreased and patient satisfaction was enhanced in light of this new program (Foubister, 2011). Key Issues: In hospital the key point issues faced were bed shortages and long waiting times. The elderly and plenty of others would then have the burden of a…

Exposure to ionizing radiation can happen internally or externally. Internal exposure may result by “inhalation, ingestion or through the bloodstream”. External exposure can transpire by breathing in “airborne radioactive Material”. Other external sources to ionizing radiation are cause by medical radiation through the imaging department. This medical procedures include x-rays for diagnosing and treatment, and even research. Gamma rays are also use by medical doctors to create radioactive…

Are you allergic to seafood? Anyone who has had a procedure done to them that needed iodinated contrast media has been asked this. Researching for an article has lead me to exam preparation guidelines and radiology manuals that say to ask whether the patient is allergic to seafood along with other allergies and even to go as far as asking if they are allergic to iodine specifically. The reasoning for this is that seafood is high in iodine. The fact of the matter is that iodine is an essential…

Odontology has been used in forensics for many years to aid in identification of people in crimes or disasters. There are many techniques, assessments, and procedures that are used in patient identification that may help narrow down person identification. The question that is posed is how is using odontology in forensics useful for person identification and what are its limitations? There are numerous amounts of dental conditions and abnormalities that a person may present with, which may pose…

What makes a seventeen-year-old young boy decide he want to do medicine? For me, I have always had a strong interest in the sciences, especially in human physiology. At a young age, I was unfortunately present at the death of cancer sufferers, this was a real shock to me, seeing lives end so early. In the next decade, cancer incidence and mortality will increase significantly in China caused by pollution.Thirty-three percent of Chinese families will exhaust all of their savings for the…

I’m a sponsored snowboarder who boards at Massanutten Mountain. I claim it as my home mountain. One day, up at Mass, I was with my boy Carl Leake. We’re both amatuer professional snowboarders. We were boarding all day, a 13 hour boarding day. The accident happened when we were about to leave the wintery wonderland. Carl and I just came off of MakkAttack which is a slope going down to the terrain park on Pacesetter which is another, smaller slope. They only put this sick terrain park up at the…

them. A concussion is “a traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head…damaging the brain cells and creating a chemical change in the brain” (United States Department of Health, 2015). A study, published in the Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, sought to observe the effects of traumatic brain injury [TBI] and post-concussion syndrome by using a diffusion tensor tractography. Their goal was to present the study as a tool for detecting diffuse axonal injuries in TBI…