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ISMRM: Communication, multidisciplinary engagement key to pediatric MRI

AuntMinnie

Communication and engagement with child-life specialists are a couple of factors in successful MR imaging for young children, according to research presented May 4 at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting in Singapore. The team also added that the parent-child combo is also useful.

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ECR: Communication key to better imaging of elderly patients

AuntMinnie

In his presentation, Uffe LW Jakobsen from UCL University College in Odense, Denmark, outlined strategies for radiologists to better communicate with elderly patients by treating them like any other patient and forming relationships with them. If possible, patients can wear their prescription glasses during imaging exams, Jakobsen added.

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Outpatient radiology providers missing the mark when communicating costs to patients

Radiology Business

About 17% of healthcare consumers were aware of one health system's estimator tool, but 0% had used it, according to new survey data.

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Is ChatGPT too ‘smart’ for its own good?

AuntMinnie

The ACR has prioritized effective patient communications in radiology and encourages its improvement, the authors wrote. ChatGPT shows promise in answering questions by radiology patients, yet the complexity of its responses may complicate its use as a patient education tool, according to a group at the University of Pennsylvania.

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etherFAX Expands its Hyland Partnership by Launching New Cloud Fax Integration

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Wed, 05/15/2024 - 18:57 May 15, 2024 — etherFAX announced the expansion of its partnership with Hyland , a leading global provider of intelligent content solutions, with its new integration with Hyland’s OnBase platform.

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Is your equipment helping or hurting patient communication?

AuntMinnie

A critical element of care can suffer on account of this pressure: patient communication. Effective patient communication is already a topic of concern in radiology. The systems technologists rely on to do their job directly impact how and when they communicate with patients -- for better or for worse.

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Luminello Sold to SimplePractice and Now Everything Sucks

Ben White

They don’t have snippets or dot-phrases! They don’t even have e-prescribe! You get the idea.) Instead, they’d rather anger thousands of doctors by bullying them into switching to a product that literally can’t do many of the things their current offering does while pressuring them in the sleaziest ways possible.