Average radiologist pay has leapt nearly 38% since 2015
Radiology Business
MAY 25, 2023
Members of the specialty have seen their compensation climb from $351K to $483K, according to the latest data from Medscape.
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Thousands of radiology practices have lost their independence amid waves of consolidation
Radiology Business
JUNE 5, 2024
Between 2015 and 2022, nearly 3,500 physician practices that provide radiology services disappeared from the Medicare Provider Data Log, according to the Neiman Health Policy Institute.
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ARRS: Consistent disparities found in radiology residency match
AuntMinnie
MAY 8, 2024
in 2015-2016 to 1.02 in 2015-2016 to 1.33 in 2015-2016 to 1.19 in 2015-2016 to 1.19 in 2015-2016 to 1.04 in 2015-2016 to 1.76 After analyzing the data, the researchers found the following: Women had a higher risk of going unmatched than men, ranging from 1.09 in 2021-2022. in 2021-2022. in 2021-2022.
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Race, Gender and Risk of Not Matching In Diagnostic Radiology
Imaging Technology
MAY 8, 2024
in 2015 –16 — p values being statistically significant for all years (except 2021–22). in 2015-16; for Hispanics, relative risk ranged from 1.19 in 2015–16; for Asians, relative risk ranged from 1.04 in 2015–16; and for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders, relative risk ranged from 1.67 in 2015–16 to 1.76
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Pritzker family-backed Epic Staffing Group acquires teleradiology outfit
Radiology Business
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Independently owned and launched in 2015, the radiology practice is “committed to providing the most efficient, quality reads in nearly 50 states."
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Lung cancer incidence continues to increase among younger women
AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 12, 2023
They categorized cases by sex; by age in five-year increments; and by year of diagnosis (2000 to 2004, 2005 to 2009, 2010 to 2014, and 2015 to 2019), then calculated age-specific lung cancer incidence rates per 100,000 person years using SEER*Stat version 8.4.1.3 between 2015 and 2019. during 2015 and 2019.
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Higher pay in specialties such as diagnostic radiology correlates with lower levels of diversity
Radiology Business
AUGUST 4, 2023
Full professors in imaging earned median compensation of about $500,320 between 2015-2022, researchers wrote Thursday in JAMA.
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Jury awards woman $7.6M in breast cancer diagnosis-related malpractice case
Radiology Business
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The case dates to 2015, when Kentuckian Kimberly Johnson received an erroneous letter from the local hospital stating that she was cancer-free.
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PI-RADS 2.0 vs. 2.1—Prostate Cancer Upgrade, Downgrade Rates
Imaging Technology
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Dr. Turkbey and colleagues’ AJR study entailed a retrospective post-hoc analysis of patients who underwent 3-T prostate MRI at a single institution from May 2015 to March 2023 during prospective clinical trials. from May 2015 to March 2019, and using PI-RADS v2.1 from April 2019 to March 2023. and PI-RADS v2.1
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Safety and effectiveness of portal vein embolization after hepatic arterial infusion therapy
JVIR
MAY 1, 2024
This retrospective, single-center study identified nine patients who underwent PVE after HAI between January 2015 and December 2022. However, the safety and effectiveness of PVE in the context of patients who have undergone hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) is unknown.
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Long-time Field Service Engineer Duane Losh Receives Service Excellence Award
Cassling's MRI
MARCH 15, 2024
The award, created in 2015, recognizes employees who go above and beyond in exemplifying the organization’s culture and commitment to providing world-class service. As one of Cassling’s longest-tenured employees, Duane is a true pioneer of “The Cassling Way” and an embodiment of the organization’s culture.
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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis
REBEL EM
AUGUST 30, 2023
Most common organism is Staph Aureus (36-67% of cases) ( Boody 2015 ). Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. Clin Infect Dis 2015 Sept 15;61(6):859-63. Other pathogens include: E.
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REBEL Core Cast 85.0 – Superficial Venous Thrombosis
REBEL EM
JULY 20, 2022
White 2003 ) The most common locations of SVT of the lower extremity are: ( Cosmi 2015 ) Long saphenous vein – 50-60% Short saphenous vein – 11-15% Tributaries of the long/short saphenous – 30-40% Pathophysiology, causes and risk factors: Vascular clots are caused by a combination of venous stasis, endothelial injury and hypercoagulability.
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New Cloud-based PACS Highlights AI Reporting
Imaging Technology
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Dr. Reicher was the founder and CEO of PACS vendor DR Systems , one of the leading PACS vendors from the 1990’s until 2015 before selling the company to IBM Watson Health/Merge in 2015. Reicher, MD, FACR.
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Weekend admission for TIPS procedure tied to higher mortality risk
AuntMinnie
JUNE 14, 2024
The study included data collected between 2015 and 2020 from 6,658 patients who underwent TIPS procedures. The team stratified the patients into 1,119 weekend patients and 5,539 weekday patients.
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New Editor-in-Chief
European Radiology
JANUARY 8, 2024
Besides, he has been the ECR Congress President in 2015 and 2018, participated in the ECR Committee activities in several editions, and received the ESR Gold Medal in 2022. Among his most remarkable contributions, he was the Chairman of the ESR Board of Directors from March 2018 to March 2019 and a member of the board for multiple years.
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CT cerebral angiography ED headache diagnosis more effective
AuntMinnie
APRIL 22, 2024
The investigators conducted a study that included data from 198,109 encounters at 21 emergency departments that involved the use of CT cerebral angiography between 2015 and 2021. The results were published April 19 in JAMA Network Open.
Research Consensus Panel Follow-Up: Eight-year Update on Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
JVIR
JUNE 29, 2023
The 2015 Research Consensus Panel (RCP) on submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) set priorities for research in submassive PE, and identified a rigorous randomized trial of catheter-directed therapy (CDT) plus anticoagulation versus anticoagulation alone as the highest research priority.
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Studies lacking for trans breast cancer screening trends
AuntMinnie
APRIL 25, 2024
The studies were published between 2015 and 2023. Of the total studies, six were cross-sectional and six were retrospective chart reviews. Three studies conducted secondary analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System national dataset, while nine articles recruited their own sample.
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123 Society of Interventional Radiology–American College of Radiology Standardized Report–Based Data Registry: Early Observations and Reflections from 2017 to 2019 Biopsy Report Data of Select Sites
JVIR
MARCH 24, 2023
The Society of Interventional Radiology first began its national registry program in 2015 (1) based on standardized procedure report data (2) using the American College of Radiology’s (ACR) National Radiology Data Registry platform.
CBBCT shows superiority over mammography in small studies
AuntMinnie
JANUARY 10, 2024
They were published between 2015 and 2022. They added to the literature by evaluating eight research articles that directly compared the diagnostic value of both modalities for primary breast cancer. In total, the studies included 847 participants. Of the studies, six were retrospective and two were prospective.
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Customized support reduces CT, MRI order errors
AuntMinnie
JANUARY 4, 2024
"Additionally, it would shift time spent by radiologists on noninterpretive tasks of investigating and remedying incorrect orders (a secondary form of waste) to image interpretation, thereby decreasing workflow interruptions."
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QPP Strategy for Radiology in 2023
Healthcare Administrative Partners
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Beginning with performance year 2013 (for payments in 2015) a penalty was imposed on those physicians who did not successfully report quality data. It was a voluntary program that would earn participants a bonus payment of 2% of their prior-year Medicare reimbursements.
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RSNA Announces Journal Impact Factors
Imaging Technology
JUNE 24, 2024
The popular journal has nearly doubled its impact factor since 2015. RadioGraphics , RSNA’s premier educational journal, edited by Christine ‘Cooky’ Menias , M.D., has an impact factor of 5.2 with 15,185 citations. Launched in 1981, RadioGraphics is one of the leading education journals in diagnostic radiology.
ECR: Coronal reconstruction on ABUS helps avoid false negatives
AuntMinnie
MARCH 1, 2024
They conducted a study that included 1,219 women who underwent ABUS between October 2015 and October 2018. Nikolova and colleagues investigated the false-positive and false-negative rates for ABUS over three years of using the technology in their academic radiology department.
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At least 15% of surgeries after LCS are performed on benign lesions
AuntMinnie
DECEMBER 7, 2023
She and colleagues measured the rate of surgery for benign nodules and tracked tumor characteristics via research that included lung cancer screening data from 9,050 patients who underwent 21,366 LDCT exams between May 2015 and October 2021; of these, 260 underwent surgery.
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Clinical practice LCS program finds more disease than NLST
AuntMinnie
APRIL 24, 2024
The study included 3,326 patients who underwent 5,150 LCS exams between January 2015 and June 2020. The investigators tracked participants’ sociodemographic characteristics; Lung-RADS scores; incidence of pathology-proven lung cancers; and tumor characteristics using Duke’s electronic health records and its tumor registry.
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CT-FFR shows how smoking affects heart volume-to-myocardial mass ratio
AuntMinnie
MARCH 14, 2024
Patients were included if their smoking status was known and if they had undergone CT-FFR and coronary volume-to-myocardial mass ratio analysis; the researchers segmented the CCTA images to calculate coronary volume and myocardial mass ratio and compared it among smoking groups.
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Many young women with breast cancer symptoms delay care
AuntMinnie
APRIL 12, 2024
The study included data collected between 2015 and 2022 from 1,148 women enrolled in the RUBY program with a median participation age of 37 years. The researchers considered a patient delay to be when women who experienced breast symptoms postponed medical guidance for more than four weeks after the onset of symptoms. Of the total, 36.8%
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HPI study shows radiologists at MIPS disadvantage
AuntMinnie
APRIL 3, 2024
The MIPS was established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) and took effect in 2017. It was an effort on CMS' part to offer economic incentive for providers to deliver quality and cost-efficient care.
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110 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.
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Can customized reader pairing boost mammo double reading performance?
AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 25, 2023
They used retrospective data with reading outcomes from breast cancer screening programs in Sweden (2008 to 2015), England (2012 to 2014), and Norway (2004 to 2018). In total, the team included data from 3,592,414 mammography exams. This included 965,263 exams from Sweden, 837,048 exams from England, and 1,790,103 exams from Norway.
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Don’t Convince Clients: How to Empower With Choice w/Chris Heinz
MRI Network
MARCH 5, 2024
In 2015, Chris became the Managing Partner of his firm. He made his first placement within 9 days of starting and he hasn’t stopped! In August 2000, Chris achieved the status of a CSAM, or Certified Senior Account Manager. This is a distinction held by less than 10% of the recruiters in the system.
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Radiology leadership changes to begin in the new year
AuntMinnie
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Chair of the department of radiology at University of Iowa since 2015, Derdeyn previously served as a professor of radiology, neurology, and neurological surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and as director of the Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center.
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Don’t Forget About the IO in the Critically Ill Patient
REBEL EM
APRIL 29, 2024
In these situations, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) of 2015 recommend the intraosseous (IO) route after the peripheral route and before the central venous route ( 1). 2015 PMID: 25768683 8 Leidel BA. This can often lead to significant delays in proper resuscitation. Trauma 1996.
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The EMERGE Trial: Emergency vs Delayed Catheterization in Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
REBEL EM
MARCH 30, 2023
Background: Previous observational studies published in 2015 (Geri 2015)(Vyas 2015) indicated that early cardiac catheterization in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) might improve mortality and result in more favorable neurological outcomes. Empana, J.-P., P., & Cariou, A. PMID: 26453685 Vyas, A.,
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Minimally Invasive Procedure May Spare Patients from Thyroid Surgery
Imaging Technology
APRIL 2, 2024
Researchers looked at 775 patients with ultrasound-detected multifocal Stage I PTC treated with microwave ablation or surgery across 10 centers between May 2015 and December 2021. “These findings challenge traditional treatment paradigms and open new avenues for less invasive management strategies.”
Mount Sinai Study Calls for Major Changes in the Way People With Comorbidities Are Selected by Physicians for Lung Cancer Screening
Imaging Technology
APRIL 17, 2024
The policy required counseling on the importance of adherence to annual lung cancer screening, impact of comorbidities and ability or willingness to undergo diagnosis and treatment, but did not address the increasing prevalence of comorbidities, or give any guidance on how to assess the impact of comorbidities on screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
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PET tracer shows promise in prostate cancer patients
AuntMinnie
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
Out of 209 patients screened between December 12, 2015 and July 27, 2021, the researchers included 100 patients. In her presentation, Duan presented a final analysis of a recently completed phase II/III imaging trial of Ga-68 RM2-PET/MRI compared with MRI alone in patients with biochemically recurrent (BCR) prostate cancer.
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Radiology leadership changes to begin in the new year
AuntMinnie
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Chair of the department of radiology at University of Iowa since 2015, Derdeyn previously served as a professor of radiology, neurology, and neurological surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and as director of the Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center.
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The Modified Valsalva Maneuver: Practical Treatment or Pointless Trick?
REBEL EM
MAY 27, 2024
Background: The REVERT Randomized Controlled Trial demonstrated the superiority of the modified valsalva maneuver (MVM) over the standard valsalva maneuver (VM) in re-establishing normal sinus rhythm (NSR) in patients with PSVT (Appelboam 2015). Using MVM in parallel while establishing IV access or preparing medications is practical.
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Trauma Resuscitation Updates
REBEL EM
MAY 25, 2023
JAMA 2015 [7] The PROPPR Trial 680 severely injured adult trauma patients Patients randomized to Plasma, Platelets, and PRBCs in a 1:1:1 ratio vs 1:1:2 ratio No difference in overall mortality at 24 hrs BUT 1:1:1 achieved hemostasis faster and fewer experienced death due to exsanguination at 24hrs Crombie N et al. Lancet 2019.
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AHRA Names New Executive Director
Imaging Technology
AUGUST 31, 2023
He has been an active member since 2005 and served on the Board of Directors for seven years as the Finance Director from 2012 to 2015 and then as President from 2016 to 2017. Newmark is new to association leadership but not new to AHRA.
Reinforce the Trust Factor: Succeeding in a Post Face-to-Face World w/Riley Phillips
MRI Network
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Riley was promoted to Account Executive of Medical Devices at The Newell Group in 2015. During his five years in that role, he was consistently ranked as one of the top five Project Coordinators in the North Atlantic Region for MRI Network.
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