Imaging Pearls ❯ Practice Management ❯ Guidelines
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- “Most of the networked medical equipment in our radiology department used vulnerable software with open ports and services. Of the 144 items scanned, 64 (44%) had at least one critical vulnerability, and 119 (83%) had at least one high-risk vulnerability. Most equipment did not encrypt traffic and allowed capture of confidential patient data. Of the 144 items scanned, two (1%) used antivirus software and three (2%) had a firewall enabled. The USB ports were not secure on 49 of the 58 (84%) items with USB ports, and the CD or DVD drive was not secure on 17 of the 31 (55%) items with a CD or DVD drive. One of three vendors had an insecure implementation of VPN access.”
Lack of security of networked medical equipment in radiology.
Moses V, Korah I.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Feb;204(2):343-53 - “Radiologists and the medical industry need to urgently review and rectify the security issues in existing networked medical equipment. We hope that the results of our study and this article also raise awareness among radiologists about the security issues of networked medical equipment.”
Lack of security of networked medical equipment in radiology.
Moses V, Korah I.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Feb;204(2):343-53
- “ Adherence to SRU (Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound) guidelines for management of adnexal cysts at our institution was 59%. Overmanagement generally occurred for physiologic cysts in premenopausal patients, undermanagement was observed for simple cysts in postmenopausal patients.”
US of Incidental Adnexal Cysts: Adherence of Radiologists to the 2010 Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Guidelines
Rosenkrantz AB, Kierans AS
Radiology 2014; 271:262-271 - “ Radiologists recommendations for management of adnexal cysts detected at US in 398 patients were adherent to SRU guidelines in 59%,(overmanagement, 27%; undermanagement, 9%; incomplete recommendation, 6%): menopausal status, cyst size and other cyst features significantly affected adherence rate.”
US of Incidental Adnexal Cysts: Adherence of Radiologists to the 2010 Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Guidelines
Rosenkrantz AB, Kierans AS
Radiology 2014; 271:262-271 - “ Overmanagement recommendations were made in most instances for hemorrhagic cysts (59%) and cysts with a single thin septation.”
US of Incidental Adnexal Cysts: Adherence of Radiologists to the 2010 Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Guidelines
Rosenkrantz AB, Kierans AS
Radiology 2014; 271:262-271 - “ Undermanagement recommendations were made for 31% of simple cysts measuring 1-7 cm in postmenopausal patients.”
US of Incidental Adnexal Cysts: Adherence of Radiologists to the 2010 Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Guidelines
Rosenkrantz AB, Kierans AS
Radiology 2014; 271:262-271