Looking ahead to government regulation and response in nuclear medicine

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......isotopes, this cannot be good for nuclear medicine. However, although one federal...in funding for research in nuclear medicine. It is ironic that just as...claim that it will not impact nuclear medicine imaging at all and that any...or engineering and sidestep nuclear ...

Wolfgang Becker: Perspectives on nuclear medicine in Europe

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......president of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). As a professor of nuclear medicine at the University Hospital of Gottingen...illuminate the challenges shared by nuclear medicine specialists around the world. Becker...

Nuclear Medicine in Europe

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The practice of nuclear medicine in Europe is as variable as...delivery of medicine, including nuclear medicine. Let me stress at the outset...independent national journals of nuclear medicine. At the same time, the success...

The Nuclear Medicine Practitioner: SNMTS Task Force Identifies Need for...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Pickett, CNMT. The task force assessed the...advanced level of nuclear medicine technology practice...professionals. The SNM Task Force conducted an...path for the "nuclear medicine practitioner...the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, the Task ...

Task force monitors new developments in hospital outpatient APCs

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......of APCs, the Nuclear Medicine APC Task Force, chaired by Kenneth...Meanwhile, the task force has two broad...payment levels for nuclear medicine APCs. Medicare...concerns, the Nuclear Medicine APC Task Force continues to...

Scope of practice for the Nuclear Medicine Technologist 2001

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist...presidential task force established...Practice for nuclear medicine technologists. The task force consisted...CNMT. The task force was...Committee Nuclear Medicine Technologist...

SNM and the Nuclear Medicine APC Task Force

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  November 1, 1998 ;     160 words ......Merlino, MBA, CNMT), the task force includes the American...increasing the number of nuclear medicine APCs from four to nine and ensuring that all nuclear medicine procedures are considered...reduction policy. The task force will ensure that HCFA corrects anomalies in ...

Nuclear medicine revealed: improved radioactive isotopes and new hybrid...

24x7;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to mind. Often overlooked is nuclear medicine. Not as visible as most other imaging modalities, nuclear medicine involves the use of radioactive...primarily used for diagnosis, nuclear medicine is used for both the diagnosis...

Nuclear medicine in the 21st century: Integration with other specialties

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......becoming more and more frequently used by nuclear medicine leaders, scientists and industry leaders...reconfiguring their organizations, many nuclear medicine physicians are contending that nuclear medicine needs to integrate with other specialties...

Position Paper on the Development of a Middle Level Provider in Nuclear...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......practice of nuclear medicine technology is...level degree in nuclear medicine technology...expertise, will give nuclear medicine practitioners...Advance Practice Task Force of the SNMTS...provide advanced nuclear medicine services ...

Ahead of the curve or out of the loop? Ten challenges to nuclear medicine...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......and hospital information systems, nuclear medicine specialists worked with computers...electronically interconnected, however, many nuclear medicine departments have lagged behind imaging...Medicine and chief of radiology and nuclear medicine for the Veterans Affairs Maryland...

NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY STATE OF THE UNION

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......shortage of qualified nuclear medicine technologists (NMTs...eager to learn about nuclear medicine. In some cases, a renewed...companies are including nuclear medicine images in their national...hospitals are using nuclear medicine images in their local...technologies. ...

Proposal to increase nuclear medicine residency program for 2 to 3 years

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Nuclear medicine is an evolving field of medicine...MRI images. All these aspects of nuclear medicine have been in existence for several...standard clinical repertoire that every nuclear medicine physician must be able to do well...

Nuclear Medicine Scientists: Findings and Recommendations Based on a 2006...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Nuclear medicine science is a critical foundation for the entire field of molecular imaging and nuclear medicine practice. Rapid evolution in the field makes the seminal contributions of nuclear medicine scientists even more important, because...

Lee revises, rewrites Computers in Nuclear Medicine for SNM

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 2003 ;     678 words ......noted that, at the time, for many nuclear medicine practitioners, the computer remained...The resulting book, Computers in Nuclear Medicine: A Practical Approach (New York, NY: Society of Nuclear Medicine; 1991), became a widely used guide...