Spot Dx — Packing a punch has painful payback
Tim is a 45-year-old who presents with left cheek swelling and bruising following a physical altercation the day before. Test your clinical know-how by taking…
Tag: Radiology
Doctor lodges his own MSAC application for $563 ‘virtual colonoscopy’ rebate
After his first battle with the Medical Services Advisory Committee lasted seven years, Associate Professor Tom Sutherland doubted he had strength for another. But the…
Ischaemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease
Need to know: Ischaemic heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and coronary atherosclerosis is a well-recognised cause. However, ischaemia with no…
Two wins with one scan? Australia’s Lung Cancer Screening Program is primed to spot CV disease risk
As Australia approaches the launch of the ambitious National Lung Cancer Screening Program, experts say it could also identify the risk of cardiovascular diseases among…
Move from film to digital mammography accelerated overdiagnosis, researchers say
A move from film to digital mammography between 2006 and 2010 picked up a small number of extra cancers at the expense of many more…
Radiographer pressured GP into backdating referrals for his parents: tribunal
A radiographer pressured and tricked a GP into backdating X-ray and CT referrals for his mother and father, a tribunal has found. The tribunal heard…
Lung Cancer Screening Program rebates too low, radiologists warn
Radiologists say the proposed Medicare rebates for the upcoming National Lung Cancer Screening Program, which will be mandatory to bulk-bill, are around $100 too low.…
Medical Must-See: Doctors cut out and cut open a 5kg myxoid ovarian tumour
A 36-year-old who presented after a month of left flank pain turned out to be carrying a 5kg myxoid ovarian leiomyoma. The patient presented to…
Why radiologists do not expect that AI will put them out of business
As the buzz around AI grew, some doctors started hinting to their radiologist colleagues about finding another specialty because, obviously, radiologists would be the first…
A third of GPs ‘rarely or never use’ My Health Record for patient care
Figures showing that almost one in three GPs rarely use the multibillion-dollar My Health Record underline the desperate need for a Federal Government fix, the…
