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AUGUST 21, 2023

Mild Hypercapnia or Normocapnia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. PMID: 37318140 Clinical Question: Does mild hypercapnia in adults with coma who have been resuscitated following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest provide favorable neurological outcomes in 6 months compared to normocapnia? Epub 2021 Feb 8. N Engl J Med.

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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. Article: How-Berlemont C, Lamhaut L, Diehl J, et al. JAMA Cardiol. 1.15; P= 0.32

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AuntMinnie

MAY 15, 2024

They developed the algorithm using data from one hospital between 2009 and 2021, dividing patients into training and internal test sets with a ratio of eight to two. They assessed the algorithm's performance using the area under the receiver operating curve (AUC), comparing it to seven radiologist readers.

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MARCH 29, 2024

its share among employer-insured individuals actually decreased between 2010 and 2021, researchers have reported. trillion in 2021 and is expected to grow by 5.4% Nominal medical imaging price increases by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality Percentage increase CT 12.4% growth of nominal hospital imaging prices and a 22.6%

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Agosta and co-authors wanted to investigate the pandemic’s impact on mammography volumes, breast biopsies, and patient outcomes in a large women's specialty hospital in southern Louisiana. They noted that the hospital has been actively working on outreach efforts such as social media postings, mailed letters, and mobile mammography services.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 5, 2024

The 2021 cyberattack on the Irish healthcare system caused major disruption. In a study published on January 2 in the Journal of Cancer Policy , clinicians at the hospital assessed the impact of the incident and provided a framework for other institutions to mitigate the impact of such attacks. Rachel Keogh, and colleagues.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 2, 2024

Electronic cigarettes entered the market in 2007, and, as of 2021, had become the second most used tobacco product among American adults, the group noted. In 2021, the task force expanded the pool of eligible individuals by lowering the screening start age from 55 to 50 and smoking pack years from 30 to 20.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 7, 2024

USARad provides imaging interpretation and database services to radiology practices, hospitals, medical clinics, diagnostic imaging centers, urgent care facilities, and multispecialty physician groups in the U.S. Nanox acquired USARad in November 2021. and five additional countries, according to Nanox.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 31, 2024

To address this knowledge gap, the researchers analyzed findings in 480 patients (mean age, 66 years old) with ischemic heart disease who underwent N-13 ammonia PET scans at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital. Patients underwent the scans between January 2017 and January 2021.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 3, 2024

Impeded by a smaller number of radiology-applicable quality measures, in 2021 radiologists in radiology-only practices scored significantly lower on relevant Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) gauges compared with other specialties. In contrast, those in multispecialty practices scored higher in the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, VA, found that office ultrasound services have been mostly performed by radiologists while hospital outpatient and inpatient services have been performed more by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. from 2009 to 2021. Researchers led by Casey Pelzl from the Harvey L. in 2009 to 34.2%

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Associates in Medical Imaging

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As of 2021, breast cancer became the most common cancer globally, according to the World Health Organization. Increasing access to mammography in your hospital/practice can contribute to reducing geographic disparities in mammography screening. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in American women.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 7, 2024

From 2004 to 2021, Dr. Costello was chief of the Radiology and Integrated Center for Comprehensive Excellence (ICCE) at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is board-certified in radiology, practicing for many years at the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Risk-based lung cancer screening using a model called the PLCOm2012-Update appears to mitigate racial and ethnic disparities and improve screening performance compared to a protocol based on the USPSTF 2021 criteria, researchers have found. In 2021, the U.S. comparing it to the USPSTF's 2021 recommendation. PLCOm2012-Update 15.9

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REBEL EM

JULY 1, 2024

Balkan Med J 2021. Balkan Med J 2021. Cureus 2021. Comparison of BPAP S/T and Average Volume-Assured Pressure Support Modes for Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. AVAPS: 0.07 P = 0.015 PaCO2 Excretion in 1 st Hour BPAP S/T: 4.75 AVAPS: 10.20 AVAPS: 0.07 AVAPS: 10.20

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 25, 2024

Lopez and co-authors studied the relationship between NIH research funding awarded to radiology departments and Lown Institute Hospitals Index rankings for inclusivity and community benefit. The index measures the social responsibility of more than 3,600 hospitals across the U.S. based radiology departments.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

An automated protocoling algorithm used with a hospital's electronic health record (EHR) software reduces radiologist CT exam workload, a research team from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has reported. The findings could make busy radiology departments more efficient, wrote a team led by Ryan Chung, MD.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 4, 2024

Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) study shows that radiologists in radiology-only practices score significantly lower in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2021. In 2021, there were only 9 available MIPS measures for diagnostic radiology, compared to 65 in family medicine.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Injected amounts of the tracer have dropped by 66% between 2000 and 2021, they found. To quantify these developments, the group analyzed administered doses in 243 children and adolescents who underwent 466 clinical F-18 FDG-PET/CT or PET/MRI scans of the body at their hospital between January 2000 and May 2021.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In his presentation, Jae Seok Bae, MD, from Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea presented research that found that shear-wave velocity values measured after chemotherapy showed predictive performance in chemotherapy responsiveness in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 17, 2024

s accepted manuscript extracted claims from Optum’s de-identified Clinformatics Data Mart Database for hospital-based specialties occurring the same day as in-network emergency visits or inpatient stays (January 2017–December 2021). Christensen et al.’s After identifying OON claims, claims were then batched via simulated IDR rules.

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European Radiology

JANUARY 24, 2024

Jake Cowen is a radiology registrar at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, UK. Georgios Festas is currently working as a senior radiology resident at the 2nd Radiology Department at Attikon University Hospital, Athens. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin. James Ryan , is currently a 2nd-year radiology resident at St.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A team led by presenter Raquelle El Alam, MD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, found that despite the application of Lung-RADS guidelines, surgical resection of benign nodules identified on low-dose CT (LDCT) does happen. But lung cancer screening does produce false-positive results.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Insight CXR has been used as an aid to help interpret all posterior-anterior and anterior-posterior chest x-rays at the authors’ hospital since March 2021, with the group continually evaluating its impact in clinical practice. needed clinical management,” wrote lead author Shin Hye Hwang, MD, and colleagues.

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UCSF Biomedical Imaging

MARCH 27, 2023

In September 2021, Kevin Tuckman, a 48-year-old sales manager, was doing a demo for a potential client in Foster City when he started having difficulty talking. "I Eventually, Jackson said: "You aren't OK, we need to take you to the hospital."

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Everything Rad

JUNE 28, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes read By Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI, St James’s Hospital -Trinity College Dublin. In May 2021, St James’s Hospital in Dublin was one of 54 public hospitals affected when the Health Service Executive (HSE) was the victim of a Cyber Attack by Conti, a sophisticated, financially-motivated criminal gang.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2023

To shed light on current and anticipated claims trends, the researchers searched commercial and Medicare payer data on arterial and venous thrombectomy procedures performed to treat VTE between January 2017 and December 2021. fold vs. 1.8-fold). Medicare and 46.8% commercial). The use of thrombectomy to treat VTE is growing rapidly.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2024

Bartholomew's Hospital in London. She and colleagues assessed the performance of this type of protocol in women at high risk for breast cancer via a study that included 236 shortened breast MRI exams performed between 2018 and 2021. Two radiologists reviewed the cases.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 4, 2024

a post-doctoral student at the University of Copenhagen and researcher at Gentofte Hospital in Denmark who was lead author of " Early Indicators of the Impact of Using AI in Mammography Screening for Breast Cancer." “We believe AI has the potential to improve screening performance,” said Andreas D. Lauritzen, Ph.D. ,

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Christensen team studied the fraction of out-of-network claims that radiologists and other hospital-based specialists can expect to at least break even with when payer-determined payments are challenged through the IDR process. of batched out-of-network claims for all other hospital-based specialties combined, respectively.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 16, 2023

2021 Sep 15;81(18):4808-4821. Epub 2021 Jul 28. [4] milla1cf Fri, 06/16/2023 - 20:13 June 16, 2023 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., As part of the collaboration, IBA will enable the FLASH configuration in the clinical proton therapy system of PARTICLE to facilitate preclinical research on FLASH therapy. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-1500.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 27, 2024

Under the auspices of Alara Imaging , a measure steward entity established by the university, CMS plans to adopt the measure into its hospital and physician pay-for-performance programs beginning in 2025. Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 3, 2024

In a retrospective study, a team at the University Hospital Salzburg in Austria studied baseline F-18 FDG-PET/CT imaging parameters in patients with melanoma and found they were associated with the development of metastatic brain tumors. A 49-year-old patient with primary clinical stage III melanoma underwent F-18 FDG-PET.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 08/30/2023 - 14:45 August 30, 2023 — A published study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center shows that multiple beams and intervals in delivery during FLASH proton therapy treatment reduced skin-saving effects in preclinical models.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Conducted from April 1, 2021, to June 9, 2022, this study meticulously analyzed 55,581 breast cancer screening cases in real-world clinical settings. Building upon these findings, earlier this year, Lunit forged a pioneering partnership with Capio S:t Göran Hospital , Sweden's largest private hospital and a part of the Ramsay Santé group.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 3, 2024

A group led by Miho Uemura, PhD, of Sapporo Medical University Hospital in Japan found that half of reports describing MRI accidents were submitted by technologists with less than a year of MR imaging experience. "In

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 3, 2024

From 2004 to 2021, Dr. Costello was chief of the Radiology and Integrated Center for Comprehensive Excellence (ICCE) at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is board-certified in radiology, practicing for many years at the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston.

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