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How to comply with CMS's CT radiation dose measure

AuntMinnie

In 2019, the U.S. 1 Some patients receive excessive radiation doses without diagnostic benefit, needlessly increasing their personal risk of developing cancer. Sites can choose to send CT studies directly from CT machines, with a routing rule in PACS, or with a DICOM router. 2 Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD.

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Innovation Through a Pandemic – How to survive when there’s nothing to report

The British Institute of Radiology

These can be emergency patients in the day or night, they can be acute inpatients who simply need that next step in their pathway or to be discharged safely, or perhaps just a routine scan which feels urgent. Any time of the day or night, a clinician, radiographer, or radiology manager can call TMC to discuss scanning a patient.