AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2025

Interventional radiologists who excel in communication, positive outcomes, and cultural competence receive high patient ratings, according to a study presented at the recent RSNA meeting. These platforms provide insights into a physician care quality, including interventional radiologists, by capturing positive and negative feedback.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for communicating with patients regarding their breast density. Lars Grimm, MD, from the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) spoke with AuntMinnie.com on how facilities can successfully implement guidance from the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 5, 2024

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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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The rule seeks to improve communication between health insurers, physicians and the independent entities that arbitrate disagreements over out-of-network payments.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 17, 2024

More than one-third of radiologists around the world experience burnout, according to an analysis published July 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The 2023 Medscape Physician Burnout and Depression Report indicated that radiologists have a high burnout prevalence of 54%. 39% vs. 35%.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 10, 2025

Lunit is highlighting results published March 10 in Nature Communications that validate the effectiveness of its Lunit Insight MMG in South Korea's national breast cancer screening program. The study found the following: AI-assisted radiologists detected 13.8% Recall rates (RRs) were statistically unchanged. increase from 3.87

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Radiographers have difficulty communicating with and caring for patients wh. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Radiologists seeing declines in reimbursement per beneficiary Was burnout really worse for radiologists during the pandemic? Could phone tree system help with radiologist burnout?

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 14, 2025

A musculoskeletal radiologist, imaging informaticist, and entrepreneur, Kim comes to HOPPR after serving most recently as chief medical information officer (CMIO) at Rad AI. Boonn is a practicing cardiovascular radiologist at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia and former CMO at Rad AI.

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Radiology Business

JANUARY 10, 2024

Experts underlined the importance of radiologist-patient communication, which can include building rapport, clear descriptions of procedures and taking time for questions.

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Health Imaging

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

By expediting communication between radiologists and referring providers when suspicious findings are identified, the system has great potential to improve clinical outcomes in real-world scenarios, authors of a new study in JACR suggest.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 6, 2023

In a study that included hundreds of radiologist recommendations for additional imaging, there was a threefold increase in follow-up adherence when radiologists utilized a voluntary closed-loop communication tool that required structured recommendations.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 27, 2024

However, the researchers cautioned that this could impact communication between patients and radiologists when discussing findings. Radiologists should consider mechanisms to ensure timely and appropriate communication of important findings to ordering providers,” Tan and co-authors wrote.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

3 Hospital and health system leaders who want to ensure value and efficiency in imaging orders and clinical collaboration are also likely to be looking for ways to preserve the time of their radiologists and care teams -- to devote more time to complex cases. This is usually what radiologists want to see," Ahmed said. "AI

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2025

Patient communication and education may be key for radiologists in the wake of an advisory from the U.S. But this new public warning could prompt opportunities for patient communication and education around health screening with imaging. and for all [radiologists] to take this on and counsel patients in any way we can.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 2, 2024

between ChatGPT's outcomes compared to radiologists’ decisions and/or guidelines as reference standards. Of these, 24 (54.5%) reported the proportion of ChatGPT's performance: 19 studies recorded a median accuracy of 70.5%, and in five, there was a median agreement of 83.6% Image courtesy of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 3, 2025

If MRI prostagram should prove to be a good screening tool for prostate cancer, urologists are going to have a lot of work on their hands, and radiologists will be needed to overcome this burden, said the U.K. MRI reports should include a quality reference remark that precedes the diagnosis, explained radiologist Jelle Barentsz, MD, PhD.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 1, 2024

Does it accurately communicate what conditions IR can help treat? We chose health conditions for which a patient might not know what type of doctor could help -- and for which an interventional radiologist might be the best option. For a splenic artery aneurysm, interventional radiologist was its first answer each time.

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Radiology Business

JANUARY 29, 2025

The system facilitates communications between radiologists, patients and primary care providers whenever such findings turn up. Radiology researchers have developed and validated an automated program for tracking incidental imaging findings.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has published a document called Sedation, analgesia and anaesthesia in radiology. A properly staffed recovery area and formalized communication are essential for safe aftercare and discharge. Sedated patients should be appropriately monitored. Regular audits of practice should be performed.

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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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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 30, 2024

Nonprofit organization Liberty Justice Center has filed a lawsuit seeking monetary damages from Wyoming's governor over allegations of "retaliation" against radiologist Eric Cubin, MD, who spoke out in support of Chloe's Law. Liberty Justice Center filed the lawsuit, Cubin v. Gordon, August 29 in the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 25, 2024

They posed the same questions to ChatGPT and then recruited 12 experts (four radiologists, four medical physicists, and four radiographers) from the U.S. It is important to note that this should complement, not replace, the communication between health care providers and patients.” The complete study can be found here.

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Aidoc

MAY 2, 2024

Navigating these delicate workflows requires precise and efficient communication between the multidisciplinary care teams as well as effective tools to facilitate these efforts. The post Bridging the Communication Gap Between the Emergency Department and Radiologist appeared first on Healthcare AI | Aidoc Always-on AI.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 5, 2024

The impending diagnostic radiology oral exam should be welcomed for aspiring radiologists, according to an article published January 5 in Academic Radiology. The American Board of Radiology (ABR) requires residents to pass two exams to become radiologists. The latter can be taken as early as 12 months after residency.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Twenty-three articles were original research, while the rest included reviews and perspectives or brief communications. They devised a scoring system based on multiple questions (“Is the question the article is answering important to radiologists?” for instance), with two experienced academic radiologists then evaluating the studies.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Researchers continue to explore the potential of large language models such as ChatGPT in aiding with medical report generation, radiologists included. Successful automation of generating imaging reports could free up radiologists’ time that could be spent on imaging exams and patient consultation.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JUNE 26, 2023

There are cases that warrant verbal communication with referring clinicians, but making that communication happen can, at times, be a challenging responsibility.

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Aidoc

MAY 2, 2024

Navigating these delicate workflows requires precise and efficient communication between the multidisciplinary care teams as well as effective tools to facilitate these efforts. The post Bridging the Communication Gap Between the Emergency Department and Radiologist appeared first on Healthcare AI | Aidoc Always-on AI.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 19, 2023

AUSTIN, TX - Asynchronous forms of communication such as Microsoft Teams ar. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Bogged down in the reading room?

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“Another explanation for why patients preferred such complex material could be purely subjective -- patients prefer their radiologists and physicians to use proper terminology while communicating with each other and enjoy being a part of this dialogue,” the authors wrote. The study can be found in its entirety here.

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Aidoc

MARCH 2, 2025

The Power of Education and Communication in AI Success One of the biggest misconceptions about AI in radiology is that it replaces physicians. Dr. Jose emphasized that AI isnt a substitute for radiologists or technologists but rather an augmentation tool that enhances their roles.

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RadsResident

DECEMBER 31, 2022

So, how can we, as radiologists, convince colleagues of what we see, just like car salespeople persuade us to buy cars? Did you ever think radiologists and car salespeople are so similar? Also, try to eliminate words like “appears,” “maybe,” and “cannot exclude” from our communications.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 25, 2024

The radiologist made a correct interpretation upon assessment of the entire exam. Successful clinical deployment of AI tools requires that radiologist end-users understand such pitfalls along with other limitations of the available models,” they wrote. The AI algorithm interpreted the finding as a rib fracture. (B)

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 5, 2025

Improving patient communication around cancer screening and providing patient navigators to assist with the structural and cost barriers to screening are two ways health systems can help with successful screening rebounds, Star told AuntMinnie.com.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Imaging was so important [for cardiac indications], that I decided to become a radiologist," he said. How can radiologists become successful cardiac imagers? Communicate," he said. Grow into becoming a multimodality cardiac radiologist. Gutberlet described how he came to cardiac imaging early in his medical career.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The ACR has prioritized effective patient communications in radiology and encourages its improvement, the authors wrote. Four experienced radiologists evaluated the answers, while two patient advocates also reviewed responses for their readability for patients. ChatGPT has garnered attention as a potential tool in this regard.

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Vesta Teleradiology

MARCH 12, 2025

As the demand for specialized medical imaging continues to rise, healthcare facilities face significant challenges in accessing qualified radiologists, particularly in subspecialties such as neuroradiology, musculoskeletal radiology, and pediatric imaging. acr.org Radiologist Workforce Shortage: Approximately 56.4%

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