October, 2024

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AuntMinnie 2019: Details emerge on MRI accident in Sweden

AuntMinnie

Editor's note: As part of the celebration of AuntMinnie.com's upcoming 25th anniversary, we're presenting 25 for 25 -- a series featuring our most popular content for each of the last 25 years. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. MRI safety articles have always been popular with our members, so it’s not surprising that our top article in 2019 reported on a safety incident in Sweden.

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Bilingual people have more efficient brains, imaging study shows

Health Imaging

Researchers examined the brains of bilingual and monolingual people using fMRI, only to find improved communication between isolated regions in those who learn a second language at a young age.

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Elon Musk urges users to submit X-ray, PET and MR images to xAI chatbot Grok

Radiology Business

The world’s richest man asked patients and providers to try submitting scans to his company’s artificial intelligence product for further analysis.

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Wearable ultrasound tech for muscle monitoring opens new possibilities in healthcare and human-machine interfaces

ScienceDaily

Researchers have developed a compact, wearable ultrasound device that monitors muscle activity. Attachable to the skin with an adhesive and powered by a small battery, the device wirelessly captures high-resolution images of muscle movements, enabling continuous, long-term monitoring. When worn on the rib cage, it effectively monitored diaphragm function for respiratory health assessments.

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Testing Innovations in Cancer: How to evaluate and use new technologies

Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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Are Mammograms Safe? Understanding Radiation Exposure and Precautions

Professional Radiology

Mammograms are a crucial diagnostic tool that helps doctors detect early signs of breast cancer and other breast-related issues. However, many patients have concerns about radiation exposure and the potential risks involved. The truth is mammograms are generally safe when used properly, and the amount of radiation you’re exposed to is minimal. Medical professionals take necessary precautions to ensure patient safety and modern imaging technology continues to minimize radiation levels.

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Konica Minolta, Quinsite partner for platform integration

AuntMinnie

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas and Quinsite are entering a partnership that will integrate Quinsite’s Comprehensive Healthcare Analytics platform into Konica's Exa platform. Through this partnership, Exa users can apply advanced analytics to clinical, financial, and operational data, generating real-time insights into metrics such as physician productivity, patient flow, and billing accuracy.

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Breast cancer rates among women in their 30s are on the rise

Health Imaging

Screening among younger women has been steadily rising for years. Consequently, so have cancer rates among the population.

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Rising workloads spur academic radiologists to spend less time training residents

Radiology Business

“This increase in workload could impact the time available to dedicate to teaching the next generation of radiologists and has additional implications regarding burnout,” one expert noted.

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Recruitment Marketing: Using Sales Techniques to Attract Job Seekers

MRI Network

If it seems like recruiting at your company is getting more and more challenging, you’re not alone. A January 2024 survey found that 77% of HR professionals reported difficulty recruiting in the prior 12 months. Whether it’s navigating a talent shortage or landing great candidates with multiple job offers, most companies could use a recruiting advantage.

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Maximize Your Radiology Center’s Performance With Specialized Scheduling

Patient-centric scheduling can only be achieved through optimized radiology workflows, effective communications between staff and physicians, and, of course, through specialized schedulers. In this guide, we’ll take you through a step-by-step process to transform your radiology center into a high-performance hub of medical imaging.

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The Irreplaceable Radiologist

Ben White

The radiologist shortage is definitely here. There are different ways to approach the market, and balancing short-term vs long-term plays is nontrivial. Leverage is great, but using too much can amplify negative downstream second-order consequences too. What’s happening now varies and what will happen is anyone’s guess, but this anonymous op-ed “ Radiologists need to be realistic about the job market ” is absolutely worth reading. …Hospitals quite literally cannot o

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What Else is in the Medicare Proposed Rule for 2025?

Healthcare Administrative Partners

We covered the major points of the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule when it came out in July, but while we’re waiting for the Final Rule to be published later in the year let’s look at another provision in the MPFS that we’ve been watching – the locality-specific payment adjustment known as the Geographic Practice Cost Index (GPCI).

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

Who made it to the final round in the 2024 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com 's event recognizing excellence in radiology? See below to find out who our expert panelists selected as the final candidates in this year's event. The Minnies finalists were drawn from over 200 candidates across 15 categories. You can also view a full list of candidates based on nominations from our members.

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Lizard saliva could be key to spotting elusive pancreatic tumors

Health Imaging

By binding the substance to a radiotracer, experts were able to improve the accuracy of identifying of these tumors by as much as 30% compared to the standard of care.

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The Employers Guide to Controlling Cancer

About 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and patients are getting younger. At the same time, the cost of treatment continues to rise, with employers spending 8.5% more on cancer care for each employee than they did last year. The best thing employers can do for their employees and business tomorrow is to invest in cancer detection and care today.

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Senators seek national coverage for supplemental breast imaging

Radiology Business

Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Roger Marshall, MD, R-Kan., introduced the companion version of the Find It Early Act over a year after the House bill was proposed.

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World Stroke Day: Accelerating Stroke Care with AI

Aidoc

Every year on October 29, the world observes World Stroke Day, raising awareness about stroke prevention, treatment and the importance of taking quick action. Strokes are one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, affecting millions of people each year. The theme of World Stroke Day often centers on the message of “ time is brain ,” emphasizing the critical need for rapid response when someone experiences a stroke.

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A Bias for Unfiltered Input

Ben White

Henrik Karlsson, from “ Scraping training data for your mind ,” on the need for the right kind of information to learn new skills: [You] want the input you observe to be as closely connected to a practice as possible. You want to see the process, not just the results. The results are often misleading. If you are a musician looking at successful bands, you might get the impression that you need to make music videos to succeed, whereas, in fact, a video only makes sense after you have

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Ultra-powered MRI scans show damage to brain's 'control center' is behind long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms

Medical Xpress: Radiology

Damage to the brainstem—the brain's 'control center'—is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe COVID-19 infection, a study suggests.

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Improving Access To & Utilization Of Cancer Screening With Color

Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

AuntMinnie

The following is the list of candidates for the 2024 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com 's campaign to recognize the best and brightest in medical imaging. This year, hundreds of candidates have been selected as semifinalists for 14 categories, ranging from Most Influential Radiology Researcher to Best New Radiology Software. The semifinalist list was compiled based on nominations from members of AuntMinnie.com.

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Brain MRIs reveal the costly price of chronic poor sleep habits

Health Imaging

New research suggests that individuals who report even moderate sleep disturbances show accelerated brain age on imaging compared to their peers who have overall healthy sleep habits.

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The 7 most pressing challenges in radiology practice: A ‘perfect storm’ is brewing

Radiology Business

Leaders from 31 different radiology societies recently met to discuss the specialty's biggest problems, offering solutions in a newly published analysis.

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Reducing daily sitting may prevent back pain

ScienceDaily

A new study showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening over six months. The result strengthens the current understanding of the link between activity and back pain as well as the mechanisms related to back pain.

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From Prevention to Survivorship: How HR Can Support Employees Facing Cancer Diagnoses

Explore the latest insights from the American Cancer Society's “Cancer Statistics 2024” report, which unveils multiple alarming trends in cancer data. Cancer is on the rise among young adults, and diagnoses for 6 of the 10 most common cancers are escalating. With over 2 million new cancer cases projected in the U.S. this year, employers face increased challenges when it comes to supporting employees.

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The Effectance Motive

Ben White

Some passages on what makes a job “good” from The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt: Psychologists have referred to this basic need as a need for competence, industry, or mastery. [Psychologist Robert] White called it the “effectance motive,” which he defined as the need or drive to develop competence through interacting with and controlling one’s environment.

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Ultrasound Study: O-RADS Scoring May Prevent Surgery for Over 40 Percent of Ovarian and Adnexal Lesions

Diagnostic Imaging

In a multicenter study of over 370 women who had surgery for ovarian cystic lesions without acute symptoms, researchers found that 42 percent of the resected lesions were deemed to have an O-RADS ultrasound risk score of 2, which has less than a one percent chance of malignancy.

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Telix partners with Subtle Medical on PSMA-PET software

AuntMinnie

Telix Pharmaceuticals has entered an agreement to add Subtle Medical’s AI software for enhancing prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET prostate cancer scans to its product portfolio. SubtlePET is a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared deep-learning algorithm designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of imaging procedures, Telix said.

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Over half of eligible women skip their mammogram

Health Imaging

According to new survey data, nonadherence is not for lack of concern about the disease—75% of the women surveyed reported being concerned about their breast health.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?