Imaging Centers News

Cancer patients know they must play the waiting game
Canton Repository - Ever notice there are few, if any, clocks in oncology offices and cancer imaging centers? They remind me of casinos, which purposely don't have clocks on the walls because no one really wants you to realize how much time has elapsed. And many

4-D Ultrasound Gives Video View of Fetuses in the Womb
National Geographic - Parents-to-be are so enamored with 3-D fetal snapshots that many commercial imaging centers now offer keepsake ultrasounds for sale. The practice has spurred debate. Most medical professionals advise against ultrasound for nonmedical reasons. They

Perdue-backed health bill would deregulate some health centers
Access North GA - On the one side are doctors who want to be able to open lucrative outpatient surgery and diagnostic imaging centers. On the other are hospitals, who fear such a move would siphon off low-risk, well-insured patients who help them offset the costs of

Light shown on abuses
Northwest Herald - Re: The Jan. 18 story AG joins lawsuit that alleges MRI scam. The lawsuit has exposed to the public what radiologists long have suspected: lease agreements between imaging centers and referring physicians at best operate on the fringes of the