SHAPE Starts Registration For Its Carotid IMT Certification Workshop.

SAHPE, The Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication announced that the registration for SHAPE Carotid IMT Certification Workshop has begun. The event will take place on the 15th of January 2011 at Trevisio Restaurant and Conference Center in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. SHAPE is a non-profit organization aiming to improve early diagnosis and preventive measures in order to decrease the risks of cardiac attacks. The workshop will be attended by primary care physicians, cardiologists and radiologists.
The event will take place as a part of the SHAPE Provider Certification initiative, which is concentrating on following the best procedures to decrease the incidence of acute coronary events and mortalities from coronary artery disease. During the workshop, attendees are going to learn evaluate patients’ eligibility to undergo Carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) screening, a procedure that is carried out to identify hidden plaques while developing in coronary and carotid arteries. Attendees will also learn to how to use Carotid IMT in a primary care facility.

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One In Six Physicians In Washington Lease Or Own Medical Screening Tools, Study

According to a study, 1 in 6 doctors in 2008 mentioned that her or his practice leased or owned improved screening tools. Doctor practice leasing or ownership of a wide group of medical tools ranging from tools for laboratory examining to strict proceedings, is quite common.


The Center for Studying Health System change (HSC) launched the report which was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. More referrals would be formed by doctors with or other financial interests in medical facilities than medically necessary. The federal physician self-referral law, identified as the Stark Act since the mid-1990s, has forbidden doctors from self-referring Medicare and Medicaid patients to a specific health services, ranging from clinical laboratory services to improved screening services.

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Radio Frequency Is Used In Florida Hospitals To Detect Missed Surgical Objects Inside Patients.

Radio frequency (RF) detection technology is used for the first time in Good Samaritan Medical Center and West Boca Medical Center in the operation rooms to prevent missing any foreign items my mistake inside the patient during the surgery.
Good Samaritan and West Boca are conducting the RF Surgical Detection System from Bellevue, Wash.-based RF Surgical Systems as an assistant to the standard practice of manual counting to improve the patient safety in all conditions at the surgical operations.
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