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UnitedHealth earns emergency order to buy radiology provider placed in crisis due to Change cyberattack

Radiology Business

The nation’s largest healthcare corporation recently made an offer for the Corvallis Clinic, which has 11 locations across Oregon's Willamette Valley.

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FAPI-PET/CT outperforms FDG-PET/CT in women with invasive breast cancer

AuntMinnie

PET/CT imaging using gallium-68 (Ga-68) Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) radiotracer over F-18 FDG appears promising in women with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), according to a study published March 14 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In an analysis of women diagnosed with ILC who underwent both imaging approaches, Ga-68 FAPI showed higher activity in tumors than F-18 FDG and identified more metastatic lesions, noted nuclear medicine physician and lead author Ertan Sahin, MD,

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Data breach at Eastern Radiologists exposes 866,000 patient records

Health Imaging

The imaging chain has three locations and serves patients across eastern North Carolina.

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Study Says Low-Field MRI Offers Sufficient Diagnostic Quality for Detecting Spinal Pathology

Diagnostic Imaging

In a study of patients who had lumbar spine MRI exams at 0.55T, 1.5T and 3T, researchers found that 0.55T MRI provided acceptable diagnostic quality across all sequences for varying pathologies including degenerative joint disease, compression fractures and osseous metastatic disease.

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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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American College of Radiology issues guidance related to unusual new CPT code

Radiology Business

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services now reimburses for code 76145, allowing physicists to contribute monetary value to the care team for their work

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Outpatient study finds CT contrast is generally safe, but risk of adverse events varies with the seasons

Health Imaging

A three-institution study of 473,482 patients found the risk of an adverse event following CT contrast increases in the summer and fall.

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What New Research Reveals About ChatGPT and Ultrasound Detection of Thyroid Nodules

Diagnostic Imaging

In a comparison of image-to-text large language models (LLMs), ChatGPT 4.0 offered a 95 percent sensitivity rate and an 83 percent AUC that were comparable to that of two senior radiologists and one junior radiologist interacting with LLM to differentiate between malignant and benign thyroid nodules on ultrasound.

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8 ways to improve the transgender patient experience at imaging centers

Radiology Business

Radiology is facing increased regulatory pressure, underlining the need to improve how it interacts with members of this patient community.

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Does breast radiation therapy raise risk of skin cancer?

AuntMinnie

Radiation therapy for breast cancer treatment leads to an increased risk of skin cancer, according to research published March 8 in JAMA Network Open. A team led by Shawheen Rezaei from Stanford University found that the risk of non-keratinocyte skin cancer diagnosis such as melanoma and hemangiosarcoma after breast cancer treatment with radiation was more than 50% higher.

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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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New imaging protocols proposed to curb rise of cardiovascular infections

Health Imaging

Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.

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New AI-based, non-invasive diagnostic tool enables accurate brain tumor diagnosis, surpassing current methods

Medical Xpress: Radiology

Jointly developed by investigators of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology's (VHIO) Radiomics Group and the Bellvitge University Hospital's Neuroradiology Unit, the Diagnosis in Susceptibility Contrast Enhancing Regions for Neuroncology (DISCERN) is an open-access deep learning tool based on the training of patterns using artificial intelligence models from information of standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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Match Day sees historic interest, stiff competition in diagnostic and interventional radiology

Radiology Business

DR and IR were 2 of 13 specialties that had increases of more than 10% in the number of positions filled by U.S. MD seniors.

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Imaging surveillance suggested for radial scars found on DBT

AuntMinnie

Imaging surveillance may be the way to go for monitoring radial scars without atypia found on screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), research published March 13 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found. In a study, Claire Crowley and Manisha Bahl, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, found that screening-detected radial scars without atypia at core-needle biopsy have a low upstaging rate to breast cancer of less than 2%.

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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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Ultrasound of stingray provides window into rare parthenogenetic pregnancy

Health Imaging

Charlotte, a California stingray, marks the first of her species to have an asexual pregnancy in captivity.

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Underdesk Ellipticals

Ben White

I got an underdesk elliptical a couple of weeks ago…I think maybe it’s awesome and wish I had gotten one a long time ago. I’m honestly a little surprised I can pedal while thinking. I tried a few, and this is the one I landed on: very stable, pretty cheap, reasonably quiet. The post Underdesk Ellipticals first appeared on Ben White.

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Many physicians view private equity involvement in healthcare negatively, survey finds

Radiology Business

MDs also carry concerns about PE as it pertains to provider well-being, healthcare prices, and equity, experts wrote in JAMA.

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Cannabis may influence bowel motility

AuntMinnie

Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises. “Understanding the effects of cannabis and weight loss drugs on gut motility – that is the movement of food throughout the body – is essential for nuclear medicine providers,” said Rutger Gunther, MD, in a March 5 news release from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

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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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Researchers develop small, wearable photoacoustic imaging system

Health Imaging

The imaging interface is contained in a wristwatch, and the system produces high-resolution images of blood vessels.

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Would the highly sensitive transparent ultrasound transducer revolutionize biomedical imaging technology?

ScienceDaily

A team develops an ultrasensitive broadband transparent ultrasound transducer.

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Pitching the business case for 3D printing labs in radiology

Radiology Business

Medical 3D printing expert Summer Decker, PhD , University of South Florida, explains how her lab has helped improve patient care.

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Coronary angiography matches IVUS in guiding PCI stent implantation

AuntMinnie

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is on par with quantitative coronary angiography when it comes to guiding stent implantation, a study published March 13 in JAMA Cardiology found. Researchers led by Cheol Whan Lee, MD, from the University of Ulsan in Seoul, South Korea, found that both methods during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) showed similar rates of target lesion failure at 12 months.

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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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Space company to extract medical imaging isotopes from the moon

Health Imaging

Interlune has received $15M in funding to develop a scalable supply of Helium-3 from the lunar surface.

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Konica Minolta Healthcare to Showcase Exa Platform in the Cloud with AWS HealthImaging at HIMSS 2024 Meeting

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Tue, 03/12/2024 - 16:41 March 12, 2024 — Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. announced today the new integration of the Exa Platform with AWS HealthImaging (AHI). The Exa Platform is an Enterprise Imaging , PACS, RIS and Billing solution offering advanced features like Server-Side Rendering, Diagnostic Zero Footprint Viewer and a single, integrated database across all modules.

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RadNet raises $230M through public stock offering

Radiology Business

The Los Angeles-based imaging center operator plans to put the money toward "general corporate purposes" and potential practice acquisitions.

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Targeted radiopharmaceuticals offer new hope for longer 'healthspans'

AuntMinnie

Mark Crockett, MD, chief medical officer at TeleDaaS. Americans today can expect to live long lives. However, increased longevity has brought on a troubling rise in chronic disease, diminishing the quality of life later in life. A 2018 study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that more than a quarter of U.S. adults now battle multiple chronic conditions, up from 22% in 2001.

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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?