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Radiation Oncology Physician Groups Unite to Ensure Patient Access to Cancer Care

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milla1cf Tue, 01/30/2024 - 19:43 January 30, 2024 — The largest professional societies representing radiation oncology physicians in the United States announced a partnership with the goal of reforming radiation oncology Medicare payments to expand and enhance access to high quality care for people with cancer. ASTRO Chair Jeff M.

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AuntMinnie 2011: Joint Commission issues alert on medical radiation

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Joint Commission on the dangers of medical radiation. Joint Commission has issued an alert on the dangers of medical radiation, sending an unmistakable signal that radiology has entered its sights in a formal way. California will implement even stricter requirements beginning in January 2013. Noting that the U.S.

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DBT surveillance screening after breast cancer treatment effective

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Researchers led by Dan Do from Massachusetts General Hospital reported that while the abnormal interpretation rate was higher during the year after diagnosis compared to subsequent years, it remained at less than 10% in all years of their six-year study. It included retrospective data from DBT exams performed between 2013 and 2019.

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ECR: Implementing imaging referral guidelines shows positive impact

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In an open forum, Yi Xiang Tay, of Singapore University Hospital's radiography and diagnostic imaging department, shared his team's research. After a critical appraisal of hundreds of citations published between 2013 and March 2023, the researchers gleaned 31 studies for their narrative review.

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Radiology Trailblazers Named RLI Leadership Luminaries

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Muroff, MD, FACR , the 2023 Leadership Luminary Award recipients for their exceptional lifetime achievements, innovation, leadership and service to the medical specialties of radiology or radiation oncology. He received the ACR Gold Medal in 2013 and the Florida Radiological Society Gold Medal in 1995.

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Surgeons Weigh In: Top Indications for WBCT: Part 3

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Dr. Scott Ellis, MD Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY Dr. Francois Lintz, MD, MSc, CSCT Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Clinique d L’UNION Toulouse, France That’s easy: I use it for every single patient.

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Serial PoCUS for ED Patients with Acute Dyspnea: Is More Actually Better?

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US, compared with CXR and CT, offers the absence of ionizing radiation and high reproducibility. Interestingly, though not statistically significant, patients in the serial US group had a longer length of hospital stay compared to the control group (4d vs 3d). thus prolonging their hospital stay and increasing readmission rates.