Nurses and the art of medicine

Sandeep Janhar, MD, director of the heart failure program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, challenges the wisdom behind recent passage of state legislation that removes physician oversight of nurse practitioners for primary care. The move overestimates cost savings and underestimates a doctor’s clinical value, he wrote in an opinion piece in the New York Times.

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Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.

Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."

Philips introduced a new CT system at ECR aimed at the rapidly growing cardiac CT market, incorporating numerous AI features to optimize workflow and image quality.

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