Radiologist

• ‘Waiting well beyond the national standard’: N.S. MRI backlog sees wait-list up to a year

  Radiologists are calling for new equipment and more staff to address wait times across Nova Scotia for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that do not meet standards.

  Health

  Sep 5, 2023
  
• AI proven to safely improve breast cancer detection accuracy, study finds

  The study found that AI-supported mammograms were able to safely cut doctor mammogram screen-reading workload by half.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2023
  
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• Montreal patient files new complaint with Lakeshore General Hospital over delayed X-ray results

  Beaconsfield resident Nabila Oubouchou said she was initially told that a shortage of radiologists had caused the four-month delay to confirm her fractured ankle.

  Health

  Apr 8, 2019
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• EXCLUSIVE: Montreal patient claims it took 4 months for doctors to notify her of broken ankle

  "[The doctor] didn't care and she just said, 'No, you are fine, you are perfectly fine. Just go home,'" said Nabila Oubouchou, who visited the emergency room in November 2018.

  Health

  Apr 3, 2019
• Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear Sask. radiologist’s defamation appeal

  A Saskatchewan radiologist’s lawsuit claimed the defendants made statements that implied he was grossly negligent and were aimed at destroying his reputation.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2019
• 500 doctors billed Ontario’s health insurance plan $1M each; one billed ‘staggering’ $6.6M

  More than 500 doctors billed Ontario's health insurance plan over $1 million each last year, with one ophthalmologist charging what the province's health minister called "a staggering" $6.6 million.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2016