With interventional radiology, doctors will use real-time X-rays, called fluoroscopy, to see what the probe is doing inside the patient. Surgeons will be able to enter an artery near the groin area and navigate through arteries and into the heart, brain, to other major organs, snaking all through the venous system to perform surgeries in those areas of the body.
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The report shows that 2,032 medication errors associated with radiology procedures were voluntarily reported by 315 hospitals and clinics during the five-year period from 2000 to 2004. This number averages approximately 406 errors per year. Viewed in the context of the hundreds of millions of radiology examinations performed in the United States each year, the number of reported errors is small.
When I entered the field in July 1958 I believed what they told me about radiation risks. I spent much effort reducing the dose to patients in radiology.
In the early 1990s, the German authorities separated radiology into diagnostics and therapy so I obtained two more MDs. Then, in the mid-1990s, with the number of tests increasing, I had to appear before a board to be re-certified.
We had signs that directed lab and radiology patients to that waiting area, but there was no sign that indicated those patients needed to go to registration first. We had some unhappy patients because they went directly to the labradiology area and waited for a long period of time with no one helping them. That's because no one knew they were there.
Job growth is expected to continue for the healthcare sector in 2006, driving an extraordinary labor demand. As a result, the search for qualified workers is becoming increasingly competitive with the shortage of registered nurses, physical and respiratory therapists, radiology technicians and other positions.
I started the nuclear medicine laboratory at UW Hospitals in 1959 and trained radiology residents in the field. It was 1965 before they found a trained MD (doctor) to take over my role.
At any given moment, we have 200 to 300 users running fax servers, lab reports, radiology, or medical record transcripts, so we are using slightly less than what a T1 line can handle -- so if 10 guys are streaming music, a couple are on game sites and a few are instant messaging -- this can shut the system down.