We receive, with some frequency, questions from associates in the following sense: can the radiologist suggest, in his report, the performance of complementary exams? The answer is, in fact, affirmative: the conduct of the radiologist who inserts, in his report, a suggestion regarding the need for complementary methods is fully ethical. This is exactly the understanding expressed in the opinion … Continue lendo
The Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) released an opinion on the use of WhatsApp between doctors and also professionals and their patients. Document No. 14/2017 is signed by the reporting member Emmanuel Fortes S. Cavalcanti. After a broad approach on the subject, the opinion, in its conclusion, highlights the private character of the exchanged contents: … Continue lendo
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a review on May 22 stating that there is no evidence that gadolinium remaining in the body after administration of contrast in MRI scans has negative health effects. However, according to the document, the announcement is unlikely to finalize … Continue lendo
The Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR) and other medical entities became aware of the normative resolution of the Federal Nursing Council (Cofen), still to be published, which proposes the performance of obstetric ultrasound by specialist nurses. Already in 2015, the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) had taken a position on the subject, … Continue lendo
Before the TISS (Supplementary Health Information Exchange) standard, it was very difficult and financially unfeasible to reconcile exam by exam, payment statements and disallowances. Starting with the simple fact that many operators did not provide this type of information or, when they sent it, the information was not complete, thus making conciliation impossible without some … Continue lendo
A concern previously restricted to the practice of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the presence of a companion during examinations is currently a subject used by Radiology – at least from the perspective of certain specific segments of Diagnostic Imaging. In fact, complaints formalized by patients, related to crimes of a sexual nature supposedly occurred … Continue lendo
The American College of Radiology (ACR) Committee on Drugs and Contrast Media has disagreed with the recently published recommendation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) to withdraw four MRI contrast agents. gadolinium-based products (GBCAs) on the market. The ACR committee said that, … Continue lendo
The TISS Standard (Exchange of Information on Supplementary Health) of the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS) has completed more than ten years, but it is worth recalling some very important points, which many operators have not followed, but which are fundamental to the clinics. In the first versions of the TISS 1.0 and 2.0 standards, the … Continue lendo
On March 1st, the portal ConJur – Consultório Jurídico (www.conjur.com.br) published a report stating that entities involved in a scheme to price medical appointments in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul had been convicted of cartel by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade). The exchange of information between … Continue lendo
This Monday, April 10, 2017, the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB) issued a note on the statement attributed to Mr. Minister of Health, Ricardo Barros, in Cambridge, United States. Check out the full note below: “Government once again errs in the subject of complementary exams. Accurate diagnosis is a fundamental condition for treating patients. Exams do… Continue lendo
