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AuntMinnie 2004: Part III: Exploring PACS Secrets

AuntMinnie

In 2004, our top article was part III in Exploring PACS Secrets, a long-running series contributed by PACS consultant Michael J. The most recent version of his latest series, the PACSman Pontificates, was published on June 26. Michael Cannavo’s note: It’s humbling to see I had the top story on AuntMinnie back in 2004.

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Private equity firm acquires medical imaging equipment supplier from Philips

Radiology Business

Agito Medical was first founded in 2004 and acquired by the Amsterdam-based original equipment manufacturer in 2018.

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Inconvenient Data, Untellable Stories

Ben White

”): In 2004, the English epidemiologist Michael Marmot wrote, “Scientific findings do not fall on blank minds that get made up as a result. From last year’s “ Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result ” by David Merritt Johns in The Atlantic (“Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream.

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Private equity firm acquiring teleradiology outfit for $336M

Radiology Business

Founded in 2004, Medica employs 400-plus providers working across 100 hospitals and completing 1.5M radiology reports annually.

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Late-stage breast cancer incidence increasing in U.S. women

AuntMinnie

women, with an annual percentage change (APC) of 1.16% (p Late-stage disease increased consistently for women aged 20 to 39 years with an APC of 2.91% (p For women aged 40 to 74 years, the late-stage breast cancer incidence rate increased with an APC of 2.10% between 2004 and 2010 (p = 0.002) and an APC of 2.73% between 2018 and 2021 (p = 0.01).

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Racial, ethnic representation increases over time in NCDB

AuntMinnie

They assessed individuals in both databases diagnosed with breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer in two periods: 2004 to 2006 and 2017 to 2019. The team included data from 5,175,007 individuals. Of these, 0.5% were American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.1%

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Prenuvo: The Turtle Catcher

Ben White

Quoting a scene from Scrubs , the most accurate medical television show of all time: In a 2004 episode of the sitcom “Scrubs,” Bob Kelso, the chief of medicine at Sacred Heart Hospital, runs into a fellow-doctor, Perry Cox, in the hallway. “I I am considering offering full-body scans here at Sacred Heart,” Kelso says.