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AuntMinnie 2019: Details emerge on MRI accident in Sweden

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MRI safety articles have always been popular with our members, so it’s not surprising that our top article in 2019 reported on a safety incident in Sweden. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024.

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ACR shares ‘concern’ after CMS yanks coverage for certain exams, retroactive to 2019

Radiology Business

The college believes the move will sow confusion and is asking the agency to rescind its noncoverage determination.

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Rad Perspectives: Reflecting on 2019 Healthcare AI Predictions

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In 2019, I co-wrote an article with our CEO Elad Walach for AuntMinnie titled “How AI will become an integral part of standard care.” The Pandemic Before I review what we wrote in 2019, I cannot avoid addressing the tsunami we could not foresee that January–the COVID 19 pandemic. In our 2019 article, we hoped they would.

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How Massachusetts General increased outpatient MRI time slot capacity by 50%

Radiology Business

Amid increasing volumes, the Boston institution in 2019 started designing a new standalone facility utilizing new designs and processes to serve more patients.

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Attrition is not a primary driver of the current national radiologist workforce shortage

Radiology Business

About 13% of radiologists left the workforce in this fashion between 2015 and 2019, with the specialty consistently having lower attrition relative to other providers.

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Cancer screening hasn't rebounded to prepandemic levels

AuntMinnie

Researchers led by Rishi Wadhera, MD, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston found that eligible adults were significantly less likely to receive breast cancer screening and other types of health screening in 2021 compared with 2019. Additionally, preventive health screenings in 2021 remained below 2019 level, the team found.

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Radiology and imaging staff wages continue to rise in ‘perpetually tight labor market’

Radiology Business

Between 2019 and 2023, such professionals saw their median total compensation climb 17.89% as practices upped their offers to best the competition, the MGMA reported.

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