AuntMinnie

APRIL 22, 2024

Last introduced in June 2021 as HR-3657 and companion SB-2641 , MARCA would amend Medicare reimbursement policy for radiologist assistants (RAs) to align reimbursement with state radiologist assistant licensure laws. Not all states (but a majority) have defined such licensure for these practitioners.

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Aidoc

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

AI for medical imaging can support healthcare teams in identifying AD by automatically alerting radiologists of suspected positive cases and rapidly alerting designated care teams. This streamlined communication enables rapid decision-making and, ultimately, faster patient treatment. The post Could it be Aortic Dissection?

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Ben White

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Note: I’ve heard a similar story independently from several different RP radiologists. I reached out to RP and Melinda Collins, AVP of Marketing and Communications, on Twitter/X without a response. What does this mean for individual radiologists? So how does this look in practice? Let’s discuss. And the future?

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 26, 2024

There are several barriers that still need to be addressed from a radiologist, facility, and patient standpoint. How someone can extrapolate findings from a study conducted overseas with less than 100 participants in a publicly funded healthcare system and present it as a universal truth to over 49,000 radiologists in the U.S.

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Ben White

JUNE 20, 2023

These techniques have minimal overlap with the medical school of even fifteen years ago (in-person lectures, books, repeat). A less academic and more casual book repackaging of this evidence-based approach is Ultralearning by Scott Young. The reality is there you will have to create your own feedback whenever possible.

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Intelerad

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

These include operational, financial, technical, compliance, and workplace-culture issues. Integration of Systems and Workflows Technical Compatibility – Different groups often use varied Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), Radiology Information Systems (RIS), and Electronic Health Records (EHR).

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Future Teleradiology

JANUARY 27, 2020

Friedman Thomas Freidman in his book “The world is flat,” accounts swift progress in technology and communication bringing people around the world closer like never before. The impact is being felt in the medical field as well where radiologists around the world are connecting with health care professionals expediting treatment.

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