By Aine Cryts
Radiologists, technologists, executives, and vendors will participate in RSNA 2020 as an all-virtual event. The annual conference takes place from Sunday, November 29 to Friday, December 4 on an internet-enabled computer or tablet near you. Boasting more than 350 hours of educational refresher courses, science sessions, and educational exhibits, the conference also features Cases of the Day and more than 190 on-demand sessions.
Human Insight/Visionary Medicine is the theme of the 106th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. James P. Borgstede, MD, president of the RSNA Board of Directors, will help kick off the conference with a session on Sunday, “One World, One Radiology Community A Vision for Tomorrow.”
By Orit Wimpfheimer, MD
Prevention is better than cure, says Arnon Makori, MD, MHA, director of imaging informatics at Clalit Health Services in Israel, the second largest health maintenance organization in the world. He points out that this is a basic tenet of population health, which in part seeks to improve care by assessing the risk of chronic disease, managing that risk, and driving prevention in specific populations.
Across the globe at the National Health Service’s Oxford University Hospitals in the United Kingdom (UK) as well as in the United States at Intermountain Health, the largest health care provider in the Utah, Idaho, and Nevada area, physicians emphatically agree. They view this growing approach to health care as a crucial way to treat patients more effectively, efficiently, and at lower cost. They also agree that in today’s data-driven health care age, AI-driven population health tools can help this burgeoning health care strategy live up to its f
Career focused degree program opens in Staten Island
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A career-focused school will open its doors to Staten Island residents starting January 2021.
The Associate of Science in Radiologic Technology program was created as a pathway for high school graduates and working adults to obtain a college degree without the need to leave their full-time job.
The pathway is a 16-month program that offers students the opportunity to begin their careers sooner with two options. The first pathway will allow graduates to find employment and pause their education, or to continue to their Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science degrees.
Dec 17, 2020
Members of Fulton-Montgomery Community College s Medical Imaging Student Association, the Student Senate Club that is comprised of students who are studying in the Radiologic Technology program, adopted 65 Holiday Angels from the Montgomery County Salvation Army this year. This represents 18 percent of the available angels who were eligible for this outreach program. The donations were dropped off at the United Methodist Church in Amsterdam. Current students, alumni of the program and faculty in this program purchased items for children and families in need. This is one of the many volunteer activities that our MISA club takes part in each year, and it was especially poignant this year to our students and the community in light of the pandemic, said faculty member Kullen Bailey. LaBate and Bailey will be delivering the packages during the week of Dec. 14. Shown from left are Bailey and LaBate getting the packages ready for delivery. (Photo submitted)