Each year radiologic technologists around the U.S. celebrate National Radiologic Technology Week. This event recognizes the discovery of x-ray on November 8, 1895 and the dedicated Radiologic Technologists that practice in the field of radiology, using this important diagnostic and therapeutic technology on a daily basis to care for our patients. This week is all about increasing awareness and recognizing the RT's dedication, knowledge and skill.

In celebration of National Radiologic Technology Week, Philips Learning Center is giving away 3.5 Category A CE credits during the month of November and December.
Diagnosing Coronary Artery Disease and Cath Lab Intervention (1 CE under Alert-Free CE)
Digital Subtraction Angiography (0.5 CE)
Case Study - Colorectal Cancer (1 CE under Case Study Alert-Free CE)
Case Study - Palpable Breast Cancer: Pre and Post Operative Evaluation (1 CE)

Learning Center If you are a first-time user of the Learning Center, you will need to click on the "Register" button to register and obtain a password. Once you are registered on the Learning Center, click on the Course Catalog. To select the Free module or case study, click "Get It Now" and the course will be automatically added to the "My Learning Activities" area, which contains all active courses.

Legal terms are used every day, especially on the evening news. But what do they mean to you in your everyday practice as a radiologic technologist? It's understood that the purpose of law is to provide order in resolving conflicts without violence while protecting individual citizens' health, safety and welfare. But how do legal concepts like assault, battery, consent, false imprisonment and negligence affect your job? Have you always wondered if you need professional liability insurance or where to purchase it?

The course "Basic Law and Ethics for the Technologist" explains ethical considerations set by the Professional Code of Ethics, standards in care and the Scope of Practice and how these impact quality patient care. It will also review the requirements for documenting informed consent and provides case studies of various legal issues.

Protect yourself from litigation by educating yourself!

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The Healthcare System is designed to provide care services to us, as users of the system. We, the patients, access the health system to maintain good health and to cure illness. So in a very real sense the patient is the ultimate "customer" of this system.

Trends in medical imaging are changing rapidly. The baby boomers are now entering the healthcare system at a time when they will begin needing significantly more care. In general, obesity is on a steady rise, triggering heart disease and a host of other illnesses.

Patients are beginning to act as consumers performing research on the internet and have a much stronger hand in their selection of where they will send their healthcare business. If you or a family member needed medical care, do you know how to get the important information needed to understand the disease and the various treatment alternatives? Learn how to find important information such as the ratings of hospitals and their performance, physician performance and their actual success at treating any specific condition as well as list and negotiated prices for medical procedures.

Today, it seems that every month there is a newer and better device for medical imaging. The rate of innovation has been nothing short of spectacular.

This is truly an exciting time to be in the healthcare business. Times are changing. Those organizations that manage this change effectively will grow. Those who do not will continue to struggle.

The introductory course "Medical Imaging Trends in Healthcare Plain and Simple" introduces the major medical imaging trends, trends that will have a significant influence on how healthcare evolves within the next few years affecting all the players in the healthcare value chain. At the conclusion of this course the student will understand patient trends, imaging trends, consumer trends and outpatient versus inpatient trends and be able to apply them to everyday decision making.

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I have worked in the field of medical imaging for many years and by far my favorite imaging modality is Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI. MR images are truly amazing and every year there are exciting new developments and applications in this field. If you are currently not an MR technologist but are interested in learning about MRI, you can find a variety of online tutorials on the basic physics of MR, anatomy courses, and the latest techniques and clinical applications.

MRI was introduced into clinical practice in 1981 and has proven to be one of the most important imaging advances since the introduction of X-rays. MRI is a completely noninvasive technique that requires no hospitalization and the patient receives no ionizing radiation. MRI is the imaging modality of choice for the central nervous system and the musculoskeletal system and MR has made some major advances in the area of body imaging.

Currently MRI is diagnostically utilized for virtually every part of the body. New MR imaging methods and technology advancements are continuously being developed which will improve the speed, spatial resolution, signal-to-noise, and image contrast. Despite technical advances, this spectacularly successful imaging modality is still immature and promises to be more exciting in the coming years.

Understanding the anatomy and physiology of the human body is important to all medical imaging professionals. In July the Learning Center is offering a Free tutorial "Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology Review Using MRI: Body" (3 CE credits). This course is a review and refresher of anatomy and physiology of the body with an overview of pathology commonly seen with MRI. This is a great review for anyone in the imaging field, especially if transferring into the MR imaging modality. However, the student should have a basic knowledge of MR physics and imaging techniques.

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