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AuntMinnie 2014: Health information exchange lowers repeat emergency imaging

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Our top article in 2014 reported on the financial benefits of health information exchanges. They retrospectively accessed discharge data from the State Emergency Department Databases for California and Florida for 2007-2010, and then merged the data with information on hospital HIE participation from market research firm HIMSS Analytics.

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A Race Against Time: How One Idaho Hospital Added a New CT Suite to Better Serve Its Community

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Since 2014, Bonner General Health in Sand Point, Idaho, has experienced a staggering 73% increase in the number of CT scans they perform annually. With only one CT scanner in the hospital to service outpatients and the emergency room, Bonner General saw an urgent need for expansion in order to better serve its patients.

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Thermal ablation effective long term in patients with thyroid cancer

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The emerging procedure has a relatively short history, with long-term findings now supporting its use over more invasive surgery, noted lead author Lin Yan, MD, of the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing. Studies have shown favorable results of the procedures, yet to date, long-term outcomes have not been reported, the authors noted.

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Bleeding After Image-Guided Breast Biopsies: Discontinuing vs. Maintaining Antithrombotic Therapy

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“The findings support safety of continuing AT during breast core-needle biopsy (CNB),” wrote lead researcher Melissa Reichman, MD, of Weill Cornell Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, adding that patients who maintain AT should be counseled regarding risk of bruise. Finally, bleeding events were compared among groups.

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Affordable Care Act Expansions Improved Access to Cancer Care, Study Suggests

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milla1cf Fri, 05/10/2024 - 08:05 May 10, 2024 — Insurance expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were linked with an increase in patients receiving care at accredited cancer hospitals in Pennsylvania, according to a study published in Health Services Research by University of Pittsburgh researchers. There was an increase of 6.2

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The state of radiology: Part 1 -- Is practice building dead?

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Using data gathered from the Medicare Provider Data Catalog for the years 2014-2023, Christensen saw an emerging trend of radiologists moving to large multispecialty practices. In his day-to-day life, he is a board member of a clinically integrated hospital network and an executive at Hackensack Radiology Group in New Jersey.

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15 Year Trend in Inferior Vena Cava Filter Utilization Before and After FDA Communications: Data from the National Inpatient Sample 2005-2019

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contemporary trends in IVC filter utilization in the inpatient setting following the FDA safety communications and to compare those trends in relation to incidence of hospital admissions involving venous thromboembolism. The National Inpatient Sample was queried between 2005-2019.