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Medicare proposes paying for CT colonography under hospital outpatient rule, drawing praise from radiology community

Radiology Business

JULY 10, 2024

The American College of Radiology has pushed for this decision since 2008, when trial results showed CTC or "virtual colonoscopy" to be a solid alternative to the traditional screening approach, which requires anesthesia.

Medicare

Medicare Hospital Radiology

Pre-Hospital Antibiotics in Sepsis?

REBEL EM

JANUARY 18, 2024

PMID: 35387313 Clinical Question: Do prehospital antibiotics impact 28 day mortality, length of stay in the hospital and ICU length of stay for patients triggering sepsis compared to usual care (No prehospital antibiotics)? to 0.97; p = 0.02 to 2.07; p = 0.91 to 12.33; p = 0.26 to 0.97; p = 0.02 to 2.07; p = 0.91 to 12.33; p = 0.26

Hospital

Hospital Clinic Disease Medical

PET/CT predicts brain tumors in melanoma patients

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 3, 2024

In a retrospective study, a team at the University Hospital Salzburg in Austria studied baseline F-18 FDG-PET/CT imaging parameters in patients with melanoma and found they were associated with the development of metastatic brain tumors. A 49-year-old patient with primary clinical stage III melanoma underwent F-18 FDG-PET.

Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Modalities Hospital Imaging

The Radiologist Shortage is Here

Ben White

MAY 9, 2023

If anything, the tighter job market after the 2008 crash and the desire to maintain income against that downward reimbursement pressure masked the problem. If the shortage gets worse, then turnaround times will continue to lengthen (and patients suffer) and hospitals will struggle to get coverage (and patients suffer).

Radiologist

Radiologist PACS Image Interpretation Radiology

ML model using CCTA, MRI data predicts MACE in cardiac patients

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 13, 2025

The retrospective study included data collected between 2008 and 2020 from 2,210 patients who completed cardiac MRI.

MRI

MRI Hospital Disease Diagnose

DBT increases cancer detection over 10-year period

AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

It included data collected between 2008 and 2021 from 1,407 breast cancers. In an accompanying editorial, Soo-Yeon Kim, MD, PhD, and Ok Hee Woo, MD, PhD, from Korea University Guro Hospital in Seoul wrote that these findings "provide indirect evidence suggesting the potential of DBT screening in improving survival outcomes."

Imaging

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AI helps select patients for supplemental breast cancer screening

AuntMinnie

APRIL 9, 2024

To see if AI could improve breast density measurements, the researchers performed a retrospective study involving 65,235 mammographic examinations – 64,870 normal exams and 455 in cancer patients – that were bootstrapped from 2,043 patients receiving screening mammograms at Karolinska University Hospital between January 2008 and December 2015.

Mammogram

Mammogram Clinic Imaging Hospital

AuntMinnie 2009: California technologist faces testimony in CT overdose case

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 19, 2024

In January 2008, 23-month-old Jacoby Roth fell out of bed, and when he could hardly move his head his worried parents took him to the emergency room at Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata, a small town 290 miles north of San Francisco. on January 23, 2008, and ended at 9:37 a.m. She did not testify during the hearing.

Radiology Technologist

Radiology Technologist Radiation Hospital Emergency Room

LR-M category tied to lower survival in HCC resection patients

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The patients were examined in three institutions and underwent preoperative contrast-enhanced CT and/or MRI between 2008 and 2019. The team included retrospective data from 360 patients with an average age of 64 years in its study. For the study, three independent readers assessed the LI-RADS version 2018 categories and features.

MRI

MRI Imaging Hospital Radiologist

AuntMinnie 2010: Settlement reached in Mad River pediatric CT radiation case

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 26, 2024

In January 2008, 23-month-old Jacoby Roth fell out of bed, and when he could hardly move his head his worried parents took him to the emergency room at Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata, a small town 290 miles north of San Francisco. on January 23, 2008, and ended at 9:37 a.m. She did not testify during the hearing.

Radiation

Radiation Radiology Technologist Hospital Emergency Room

Responding to a Ransomware Attack in Radiology

Everything Rad

JUNE 28, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes read By Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI, St James’s Hospital -Trinity College Dublin. In May 2021, St James’s Hospital in Dublin was one of 54 public hospitals affected when the Health Service Executive (HSE) was the victim of a Cyber Attack by Conti, a sophisticated, financially-motivated criminal gang.

PACS

PACS Radiology Hospital Communication

Cómo Responder a un Ataque de Ransomware en Radiología

Everything Rad

JULY 24, 2023

Por el Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI St James’s Hospital – Trinity College de Dublín. Algunos centros fuera de nuestro hospital pudieron configurar redes temporales con un mini PACS. Lleva ejerciendo como radiólogo desde 2008. Reading Time: 9 minutes read Lecciones aprendidas. Cómo archivaría las imágenes?

PACS

PACS Hospital

REBEL Core Cast 119.0 – Sleep Hygiene

REBEL EM

MARCH 6, 2024

2008 Jul 1;31(7):table of contents. Practice parameters for the clinical evaluation and treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. 2007 Nov;30(11):1445-59. doi: 10.1093/sleep/30.11.1445. Erratum in: Sleep. PMID: 18041479; PMCID: PMC2082098. Caffeine Walsh JK, Muehlbach MJ, Schweitzer PK.

Hospital

Hospital IT Clinic

REBEL Core Cast 89.0 – Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The benefit of paracentesis on hospitalized adults with cirrhosis and ascites. JAMA 2008; 299(10):1166-78. PMID: 11303974 Gaetano et al. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2016. PMID: 26642977 Wong CL et al. Does this patient have bacterial peritonitis or portal hypertension? PMID: 18334692 Runyon BA.

Diagnostic

Diagnostic Hospital Disease Clinic

Como Responder a um Ataque de Ransomware na Radiologia.

Everything Rad

JULY 24, 2023

Em maio de 2021, o St James’s Hospital, localizado em Dublin, foi um dos 54 hospitais públicos afetados pelo ciberataque perpetrado pelo Conti – um grupo criminoso mercenário com conhecimentos sofisticados –, que vitimou o Health Service Executive (HSE). Ele trabalha como radiologista desde 2008.

PACS

PACS Hospital Radiology

Don’t Become Obsolete: The EM Physician’s Fight Against Procedural Decay

REBEL EM

JULY 20, 2023

INTRODUCTION You’re moonlighting in a remote access hospital. EMS radios in for a burn patient and to anticipate a difficult airway. You can hear the tension in their voice. They’re rolling up now. The patient is horribly burned. Acad Emerg Med. PMID: 18785939.

Education

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Documento informativo: Cómo enfrentar los desafíos relacionados con las imágenes pediátricas con las soluciones de Carestream

Everything Rad

JANUARY 11, 2023

10 International Standard IEC 62494-1 (2008) Medical electrical equipment – exposure index of digital X-ray imaging systems – Part 1: definitions and requirements for general radiography. PMID: 34797726; PMCID: PMC8822573. 9 American Society of Radiologic Technologists. Best Practices in Digital Radiography. link] (Consultado el 2022-06-28).

Radiography

Radiography X-ray Radiation DICOM

Artigo técnico: Enfrentando os desafios de aquisição de imagens pediátricas com as soluções da Carestream

Everything Rad

JANUARY 11, 2023

Visite nosso Hospital Virtual ou contato através do Whatsapp +55 11 3847-6333 Em relação aos departamentos, nosso software Administrative Reporting and Analysis permite que o técnico ou físico de CQ consulte todos os sistemas Carestream na rede institucional a partir de um único local centralizado. PMID: 34797726; PMCID: PMC8822573.

X-ray

X-ray Radiography Radiation Imaging

Podcast: Leading the way to tuition-free medical school opportunities

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

What Grossman shares is timely as many hospital leaders today face financial crisis and confront modern healthcare dilemmas. "In He continued, "I had an opportunity on Long Island to do a full asset merger with what was then called Winthrop Hospital. Thomas’ Hospitals. Listen now.

Medical

Medical Education Hospital Radiologist

CMS proposes coverage of CT colonography screening

AuntMinnie

JULY 11, 2024

The CMS has included coverage of CTC in its proposed 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rules, which were published on July 10. Colorectal cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 in the U.S., Preventive Services Task Force, and the U.S.

Medicare

Medicare Education Radiation IT

AuntMinnie 2011: Joint Commission issues alert on medical radiation

AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The nonprofit commission was founded in 1951 and currently accredits some 19,000 organizations, including hospitals, physicians' offices, disease-specific care programs, stroke centers, and healthcare staffing services in the U.S. healthcare facilities, the commission will rely in part on requirements from the U.S.

Radiation

Radiation Medical Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic

REBEL Core Cast 125.0 – Hyperkalemia

REBEL EM

JUNE 26, 2024

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008; 3:324–330. Crit Care Med 2008; 36: 3246-51. Definition: A serum potassium level > 5.5 patients can jump from peaked T waves to sine wave) Management Basics: ABCs, IV, O 2 , Cardiac Monitor and, 12-lead EKG Identify + treat underlying cause of hyperkalemia (i.e. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002; 17: 1639-42.

Clinic

Clinic Medical Hospital Disease

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis

Global Radiology CME

JULY 25, 2021

2008; 28:255-276. Rice, MD is the president of Global Radiology CME Dr. Rice is a radiologist with ,Renaissance Imaging Medical Associates and is currently the Vice Chief of Staff at ,Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(6):797-805. doi: 10.1001/archinte.160.6.797 RadioGraphics.

Global Radiology

Global Radiology Radiographer Radiographer Radiograph

REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

REBEL EM

MAY 15, 2024

Follow your hospital’s protocol (if available). High Risk Patients will need hospitalization and IV antibiotics. 2008 Sep;1138:329-50. This will have been formulated based on local resistance patterns and likely with input from your institution’s oncologists. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Jun;69(6):755-764. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.11.007.

Disease

Disease Clinic Communication Medical

Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

REBEL EM

MARCH 13, 2023

Nevertheless, mortality of prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA), and survivability with good neurologic outcome, remain the gold standards of trauma care in and out of the hospital and are effectively the criterion by which we measure outcomes in the trauma literature. 2008 Apr 22;178(9):1141-52. 2011;15(6):276. 2005, 20: 265-70.

Basic Life Support

Basic Life Support Hospital IT Healthcare

07-20-23 Veterinary E-News Magazine

Diagnostic Imaging Systems

JULY 20, 2023

Read More Understanding Sugar Levels in Horses’ Hay By: Clair Thunes, PhD Learn how to choose the right type of forage for horses with metabolic problems.

X-ray

X-ray Radiography Education Diagnostic Imaging

REBEL Core Cast 117.0 – Infections of Pregnancy

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Chorioamnionitis is a bacterial infection of fetal amnion and chorion membranes. Triple antibiotic coverage is recommended. Henderson. Labor and Delivery and Their Complications. In: Marx, J et al, ed. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014:2331-2350. Gorgas, D. “Infections related to pregnancy.”

X-ray

X-ray Hospital Ultrasound Clinic

Diagnostic Imaging Brief

Medicare proposes paying for CT colonography under hospital outpatient rule, drawing praise from radiology community

Pre-Hospital Antibiotics in Sepsis?

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PET/CT predicts brain tumors in melanoma patients

The Radiologist Shortage is Here

ML model using CCTA, MRI data predicts MACE in cardiac patients

DBT increases cancer detection over 10-year period

AI helps select patients for supplemental breast cancer screening

AuntMinnie 2009: California technologist faces testimony in CT overdose case

LR-M category tied to lower survival in HCC resection patients

AuntMinnie 2010: Settlement reached in Mad River pediatric CT radiation case

Responding to a Ransomware Attack in Radiology

Cómo Responder a un Ataque de Ransomware en Radiología

REBEL Core Cast 119.0 – Sleep Hygiene

REBEL Core Cast 89.0 – Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Como Responder a um Ataque de Ransomware na Radiologia.

Don’t Become Obsolete: The EM Physician’s Fight Against Procedural Decay

Documento informativo: Cómo enfrentar los desafíos relacionados con las imágenes pediátricas con las soluciones de Carestream

Artigo técnico: Enfrentando os desafios de aquisição de imagens pediátricas com as soluções da Carestream

Podcast: Leading the way to tuition-free medical school opportunities

CMS proposes coverage of CT colonography screening

AuntMinnie 2011: Joint Commission issues alert on medical radiation

REBEL Core Cast 125.0 – Hyperkalemia

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis

REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

07-20-23 Veterinary E-News Magazine

REBEL Core Cast 117.0 – Infections of Pregnancy

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