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Closed-loop communication tool improves value of radiologists' recommendations

Health Imaging

Patients might sometimes undergo unnecessary and costly evaluations when specialists do not provide referrers with all of the necessary information.

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Cybersecurity Challenges in Information Technology: A Growing Concern

MRI Network

As firms become more connected, their information technology systems become ever more prone to attacks. Phishing is the act of using authentic-seeming communications to gather personal or business information. Information technology recruitment specialists have noted a workforce gap of 4.8

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Luminello Sold to SimplePractice and Now Everything Sucks

Ben White

Their patient information is being held hostage. They’re pressuring docs to transition despite the reality that SimplePractice is currently mostly used by nonphysician therapists and is half-baked as an EHR: They don’t have labs! They don’t have snippets or dot-phrases! They don’t even have e-prescribe!

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GI Imaging and Communication on the Skeleton Crew Podcast

Radiology Cafe

Here’s what we covered: Importance of Precise Medical Requests: I highlighted the necessity of good communication in medical imaging requests. Communication Strategies in Radiology: Effective communication within the radiology department and with other medical teams is essential for optimal patient outcomes.

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Write-nots and Think-nots

Ben White

The progressive ease of information acquisition and low-effort good-enough “work” generation may be good for a lot of things, but actually internalizing the skills of deliberation, argumentation, and communication? A very short essay, well worth the 2 minute read. Probably not so much.

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Patient access to imaging reports faster post-Cures Act enactment

AuntMinnie

Researchers led by Nelly Tan, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ, also found that after implementing institutional policies to comply with the act’s information-blocking provisions, more patients accessed their reports before the ordering provider did. hours Median time from report release to first patient access 8.7

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Radiologist talks addressing lay media with AuntMinnie.com

AuntMinnie

Medical knowledge is regularly communicated with people via news media, but sometimes this information can become lost in translation as complex terminology may not be well understood by the general public. This can lead to instances of misinformation being widespread, with radiology not immune to this.