article thumbnail

AuntMinnie 2015: CMS issues final CT lung cancer screening approval

AuntMinnie

Our top article in 2015 reported on the momentous CMS decision on CT lung cancer screening reimbursement. Claudia Henschke, PhD, clinical professor of radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and director of the Lung and Cardiac Screening Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, in an email to AuntMinnie.com. "We

article thumbnail

Ultrasound underused in pediatric appendicitis diagnosis

AuntMinnie

A team led by Mark Slidell, MD, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, found that CT remains the most used imaging method for diagnostic pediatric appendicitis in hospitals that don’t participate in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - Pediatrics (NSQIP-P). hospitals over time. NSQIP-P hospital 71.7%

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Thrombus burden, caval thrombosis, and retrieval of the Denali inferior vena cava filter

JVIR

Five hundred patients had 508 filters placed between 2015 and 2022. Filters were retrieved at the study site in 284 patients, 159 (31.4%) were deemed permanent, 21 (4.1%) were retrieved at an outside hospital, 27 (5.3%) had outside hospital follow-up without known retrieval, and 17 (3.3%) were lost to follow-up.

article thumbnail

Weekend admission for TIPS procedure tied to higher mortality risk

AuntMinnie

found that cirrhosis patients admitted over the weekend for TIPS procedures exhibited higher incidences of mortality, hepatic encephalopathy, acute kidney injury, and transfers to alternate hospital facilities. They also experienced longer times from admission to surgery, extended hospital stays, and higher overall hospital costs.

Hospital 105
article thumbnail

Jury awards woman $7.6M in breast cancer diagnosis-related malpractice case

Radiology Business

The case dates to 2015, when Kentuckian Kimberly Johnson received an erroneous letter from the local hospital stating that she was cancer-free.

article thumbnail

Minimally Invasive Procedure May Spare Patients from Thyroid Surgery

Imaging Technology

director of interventional medicine at China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, China. 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.

article thumbnail

Lenox Hill First in New York State to Use Cutting-edge Imaging Technology to Enhance Radiation Oncology Treatment

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Tue, 06/13/2023 - 20:02 June 13, 2023 — The Cancer Institute at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital is the first in New York State to use the HyperSight imaging solution, which employs state-of-the-art cone-beam computed tomography technology to deliver faster, sharper images during the radiation therapy treatment process.