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AuntMinnie 2006: How 64-slice CT saved my life: A radiologist's story

AuntMinnie

In 2006, our top article shared the story of a radiologist whose life was saved by a 64-slice CT scanner just installed at the hospital he worked at. So Benjamin Roach, MD, was truly excited when his facility, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland, KY, decided to purchase a new CT scanner. Giles, U.K.) It saved my life.

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The Negativity Tendency

Ben White

The late Hans Rosling gave an amazingly popular TED talk back in 2006 (and many other popular talks since). His helpful grounding suggestion: When you hear bad news, ask yourself if similar good news would be able to reach you. * * * In healthcare, M&M is full of bad outcomes. You may have seen it. Not really. No, they do not.

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The Feigned Complexity of Simple Things

Ben White

From Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman: That’s right, Buurtzorg [a nurse-led home healthcare organization] is better for patients, nicer for employees and cheaper for taxpayers. But the bottom line is that what Jos de Blok started back in 2006 is nothing short of extraordinary. A win-win-win situation. It’s crazy!

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Yellowcross Launches to Streamline Teleradiology Service Management

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:02 February 21, 2024 — Yellowcross Healthcare Commerce , a telemedicine practice management organization, launched a new consultancy service to help medical groups and health care facilities expand their remote care capabilities. The two first worked together in 2006 at Nighthawk Radiology Services.

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Can open-source AI algorithms help clinical deployment?

AuntMinnie

By making our model freely available, we hope to accelerate the adoption of automated systems in clinical settings to help relieve acute pressures on healthcare systems in the post-COVID-19 environment,” wrote co-first authors Yashin Dicente Cid, PhD, and PhD student Matthew Macpherson, of the University of Warwick. million frontal x-rays.

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AuntMinnie 2007: Gadolinium: A 'necessary factor' in the development of NSF?

AuntMinnie

But grappling with NSF after the fact may be the least troubling issue as healthcare experts scramble to figure out why some patients develop NSF -- and what they can do to prevent NSF from occurring in the first place. In 2006 the U.S. Louis hospital. You know the next few suits will involve the hospital and the radiologists.

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Yellowcross launches teleradiology management service

AuntMinnie

Yellowcross Healthcare Commerce, a telemedicine practice management organization, has launched a new consultancy service to help medical groups and healthcare facilities expand their remote care capabilities. The two first worked together in 2006 at Nighthawk Radiology Services.