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Abstract No. 537 Trends in Volume, Reimbursement, and Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs for Port Placements, Revisions, and Removals from 2009-2021 by Provider Specialty : A Market Scan Data Analysis

JVIR

The purpose of our study is to provide an update on trends in volume, reimbursement, and out-of-pocket costs for port placements, revisions, and removals by provider specialty from 2009-2021 using the Market Scan IBM data set.

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Private equity returns plummet to lowest levels seen since 2009

Radiology Business

Volatile markets, economic uncertainty and higher borrowing costs have combined to make it more difficult for PE firms to exit their investments.

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Complexity of radiology exams has skyrocketed

AuntMinnie

In a study at a tertiary imaging center in Sweden, investigators found that the data in CT and MRI studies for radiologists to interpret increased up to six times between 2009 and 2022, while the numbers of exams “only doubled,” said Tomas Bjerner, MD, PhD, of Linkoping University. per year), according to the findings.

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Goodbye, Nanoism

Ben White

When I started the current iteration of this site in January 2009, I was also writing short fiction. Very strange, it’s true, but 2009 was a long time ago in internet years, and it seemed like a good idea at the time.

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Mammography guideline changes have produced a ‘harmful’ spillover effect

Radiology Business

Mammography screening trends had remained flat, but they fell across all age groups after the USPSTF issued new guidelines in 2009.

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RayStation in More Than 1,000 Radiotherapy Centers Worldwide

Imaging Technology

The first version of RayStation was launched in 2009 and the system is now available in cancer centers in 43 countries worldwide. The first ever customer for RayStation was Westdeutsches Protonentherapiezentrum Essen (WPE) in Germany, who bought RayStation in 2009.

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RaySearch highlights installation milepost

AuntMinnie

The first version of RayStation was launched in 2009 and the system is now available in cancer centers in 43 countries worldwide, the company said. RaySearch Laboratories has installed more than 1,000 RayStation cancer treatment planning systems worldwide, with the latest in a radiation therapy center in Karnataka, India.