NYSSRS BLOG http://nyssrs.org/blog New York State Society of Radiological Sciences Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:20:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 en What Do Professions Do? http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/21/what-do-professions-do/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/21/what-do-professions-do/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:20:23 +0000 Paulette http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/21/what-do-professions-do/ Reals professions carve their own path!

]]> http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/21/what-do-professions-do/feed/ Whose business is education anyways? ASRT’s? or Educators’ ? by E. Doyle http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/14/whose-business-is-education-anyways-asrts-or-educators-by-e-doyle/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/14/whose-business-is-education-anyways-asrts-or-educators-by-e-doyle/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:25:54 +0000 Paulette http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/14/whose-business-is-education-anyways-asrts-or-educators-by-e-doyle/ Have you seen the draft of the BS core curriculum on the ASRT website? I take offense to the term “professional level”. What does that make the rest of us? Non-professional? Why do we do this to ourselves? I think it is time to quit “going along.” Why do we take this lying down? I’m not sure why our professional organization would designate only the baccalaureate level as professional. I feel the hundred thousand plus technologist out there producing quality medical images in a caring, safe way are also professional.
Thank you ASRT for making us feel inferior.

Eileen M. Doyle, MPA, RT(R)

]]> http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/14/whose-business-is-education-anyways-asrts-or-educators-by-e-doyle/feed/ Great Annual Conference http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/05/great-annual-conference/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/05/great-annual-conference/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:32:22 +0000 Paulette http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/05/great-annual-conference/ A fantastic program, beautiful area and fabulous, a fabulous hotel all combined to make the annual conference held November 1, 2 and 3 a great success! Now, I know I am the coordinator but I am also a customer. The food was truly to die for (we may in fact die due the sheer excess - yummy), the service was friendly and courteous and the atmosphere was very elegant. I think we work hard all year long and we deserve the kind of treatment we received at the Otesaga. As always, you get what you pay for!

]]> http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/11/05/great-annual-conference/feed/ Bye Bye ASRT http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/10/08/bye-bye-asrt/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/10/08/bye-bye-asrt/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:51:03 +0000 Paulette http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/10/08/bye-bye-asrt/ I think and think and think of reasons to continue to pay a good chunck of change to an organization that takes more and more away from me all the time. I don’t get the financial strain the ASRT cries about constantly when membership and products grow and grow and grow………

]]> http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/10/08/bye-bye-asrt/feed/ Proud to be an RT http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/09/12/proud-to-be-an-rt/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/09/12/proud-to-be-an-rt/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:42:39 +0000 Paulette http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/09/12/proud-to-be-an-rt/ This past Sunday a young player for the Buffalo Bills football team suffered a spinal injury that required routine films, CT, MRI and surgery under fluoro guidance, every step of his treatment included our participation. The fantastic young physicians that are treating him have held two extensive press conferences describing his treatment and condition. They have been so gracious in acknowledging the team that has played a role in this treatment, including the imaging staff. Hats off to Dr. Cappucino for being so gracious and generous in his reporting. It isn’t often that anyone thinks to mention us.

]]> http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/09/12/proud-to-be-an-rt/feed/ CARE constipation http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/06/14/care-constipation/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/06/14/care-constipation/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:16:46 +0000 Paulette http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/06/14/care-constipation/ In considering the slow progress of the CARE bill (although I understand these things take time) one can only be mystified by the speed with which some other bills get quick action. I have come to realize that it is because the “politicians” get nothing out of the CARE bill passing. It isn’t headline grabbing or sexy. There is no Julia Roberts movie that can be made from it. It doesn’t bring them the scads of money (that they desperately feed off of). It is just a patient safety issue from our point of view. I’m sure it will pass some day but that day will be as slow to come as they milk ASRT and it’s membership for $$$ year after year. That’s our system. Yuk!

]]> http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/06/14/care-constipation/feed/ CARE/RADCARE Agony http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/06/14/careradcare-agony/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/06/14/careradcare-agony/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:08:13 +0000 Paulette http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/06/14/careradcare-agony/ This endless pursuit of the CARE/RADCARE bills in DC is frustrating. While the big glamorous day RT in DC is fun and makes everyone feel enthusiastic it is probably a less effective method of lobbying than contacting your reps and senators at the local level. This is the time of year when they all come home for picnics, parades, lawn fetes and so on. They will be everywhere. DO NOT be afraid to politic with them at these events. Remember, these men and women are NOT our leaders, that right is reserved to the Executive branch. These people are our REPRESENTATIVES, there to serve YOU. DO NOT fear them. The myth that they are somehow above us is perpetrated by DC insiders who only know the “game”. Respectfully throw numbers at them like the number of techs in their voting district who support the bills. Politics is blood sport.

]]> http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/06/14/careradcare-agony/feed/ Film Fun http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/04/12/film-fun/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/04/12/film-fun/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:09:47 +0000 William http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/04/12/film-fun/ Hey, I saw a funny Radiologic faux pas the other night when I rented the movie Pursuit of Happiness. For those of you who have not seen it, the main character is employed selling portable bone density machines. In one scene he is shaking the hand of a Doc that just bought a unit. The docs hand is extended over one of those dutch doors where the bottom half is closed. Anyway, in the background is a lightbox with an LS Spine film hanging upside down! Stuff like that just cracks me up. Don’t they hire consulants to catch those mistakes? Other than that, it is a pretty good film.

]]> http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/04/12/film-fun/feed/ CAD Found Problematic, HMMM?? http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/04/07/cad-found-problemtic-hmmm/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/04/07/cad-found-problemtic-hmmm/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:32:05 +0000 Paulette http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/04/07/cad-found-problemtic-hmmm/ I wasn’t at all surprised by the report in the New England Journal of Medicine that Computer Aided Detection is creating a lot of follow-up biopsies that are negative. The AP report started with the line “it appears that traditional mammography readers” (I believe they meant human physicians) were more accuarate……
Of course the supporters of CAD, most likely the manufacturers, jumped on the story to defend the technology.
It has been my opinion for a long time that we jumped into all of this technology too fast. It was pushed by the companies.

]]> http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/04/07/cad-found-problemtic-hmmm/feed/ X-rays at Airports by Ann Verschuuren http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/03/05/x-rays-at-airports-by-ann-verschuuren/ http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/03/05/x-rays-at-airports-by-ann-verschuuren/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:56:17 +0000 Paulette http://nyssrs.org/blog/2007/03/05/x-rays-at-airports-by-ann-verschuuren/ > I know that in the HOD, I mentioned this technology when I >> first read about its development. Now that it is here - I want to >> again bring up the issue of “_applying ionizing radiation to humans_” >> (which is the way NY has our profession described [...]]]> Hi everyone,
>> I know that in the HOD, I mentioned this technology when I
>> first read about its development. Now that it is here - I want to
>> again bring up the issue of “_applying ionizing radiation to humans_”
>> (which is the way NY has our profession described in the NYS law.)
>> This technology would not fly (no pun intended) in NY because of the
>> way our law is written….the person operating this device would need to be a radiographer.
>> I do not recall if AZ is a licensure state - but if it is - then
>> we have the public volunteering for an x-ray - no matter how small
>> the radiation - without a radiographer performing the procedure. I
>> am also concerned about how this will affect the ASRT’s efforts with
>> the RAD-care bill etc. We are trying to say the persons who apply
>> ionizing radiation to humans be educated in a certain way and I do
>> not believe the baggage / people at the airport security have what it takes.
>> The other issue is that this is not a mandatory screening
>> procedure
>> - so what type of security is it providing…it is unnecessary
>> radiation if it can not ensure the safety of the passengers as it is
>> supposedly intended. (What type of gun toting terrorist will
>> volunteer?!) The govt can not say this is the right of the govt under
>> the terrorist law to allow untrained persons to apply radiation to
>> humans - since it is not being done in any effective manner…it makes no sense.
>> There is a place for comments on this web site (look for
>> “contact
>> us”)- I suggest everyone going to it to voice their opinions on this
>> issue and those of you who are still delegates, please consider
>> bringing it up on the floor of the house this year (late
>> resolution???)- the ASRT needs to determine if this is safe practices
>> for non-radiographer personnel and if it conflicts with the mission
>> of the ASRT where minimum standards are concerned. ATV

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