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When Radiologists are Held Captive by Unreachable Referring Clinicians

Diagnostic Imaging

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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Getting Started in Radiology

Ben White

Here’s a little compilation of posts from the last few years about getting started as a new radiology resident. Doing Approaching the Radiology R1 Year and its short companion post: How to be a First-Year Radiology Resident. Want something a little more controversial? Stop Free Dictating. And, You Should be Correlating Clinically. Learning Book Recommendations for First-Year Radiology Residents (and some further recommendations for when there’s extra book fund to burn).

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REBEL Cast Ep119: A Discussion with Scott Weingart on the CT FIRST Trial

REBEL EM

Back on June 1 st , 2023, Swami wrote a blog post on REBEL EM titled, The CT FIRST Trial, Should We Pan-CT After ROSC? This stemmed a lot of discussion in the background between Swami, myself, and Scott. We felt it was worthwhile to record this as a podcast to better flush out some nuanced points. Below you will find some of the points we discussed.

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Poverty can change the wiring of a child's brain, MRI study suggests

Health Imaging

New research out of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is offering new insight into how childhood struggles can affect brain development and connectivity.

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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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Radiology Partners seeking new investors to help repay more than $2B in debt: Report

Radiology Business

The nation’s largest imaging group has hired Barclays, hoping to raise “preferred equity” with a portion of its debts coming due in the next 2 years.

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REBEL Cast Ep 118: The PROCOAG Trial – 4F-PCC for Trauma Patients?

REBEL EM

Background: Hemorrhage is the leading cause of mortality in trauma patients. Interventions such as early application of hemorrhage control, tranexamic acid, reduction of crystalloid fluid administration and balanced ratio blood product transfusion have improved many patients’ outcomes. However, mortality still remains high due to trauma-induced coagulopathy.

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Need More Coffee

Ben White

I’m almost out of my preferred iced coffee solution. If you’re interested in supporting my gratuitous caffeine addiction, you might check this out. The post Need More Coffee first appeared on Ben White.

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AI Center Funds 5 Pilot Projects to Support Aging, Alzheimer’s Care

Health IT Analytics

Five pilot projects dedicated to the use of artificial intelligence to enhance the aging process received $250,000 each from MassAITC.

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Emerging Molecularly Targeted Radiation Agent Facilitates Bone Marrow Transplant in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Diagnostic Imaging

A new modality that provides high-dose, molecularly targeted radiation to hematopoietic cells allows bone marrow transplant in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and may double one-year survival rates in comparison to conventional care, according to new research that garnered “Abstract of the Year” honors at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) conference in Chicago.

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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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FDA approves Bayer’s imaging agent Ultravist for use in contrast-enhanced mammography

Radiology Business

The Germany-based corporation said this is the “only contrast agent approved for this indication” in America.

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Yachts, a red flag?

Ben White

The Department of Justice said the defendants allegedly defrauded programs used to take care of elderly and disabled people, and in some cases used the ill-gotten money to buy exotic cars, jewelry and yachts. DOJ busts $2.5 billion healthcare fraud scheme. The post Yachts, a red flag? first appeared on Ben White.

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Obesity linked to altered brain connectivity on PET/MRI exams

Health Imaging

New research, presented at SNMMI 2023, details how the brains of obese individuals differ from those who maintain a healthy weight.

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Positron Emission Tomography and De-Escalation of Breast Cancer Treatment: What Emerging Research Reveals

Diagnostic Imaging

In a lecture at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) conference, Matthew F. Covington, M.D., discussed key findings from recent studies that emphasize the possible prognostic role of positron emission tomography (PET) in de-escalating treatment for breast cancer.

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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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AI and medical imaging data firm Flywheel raises $54M in series D financing

Radiology Business

Bayer AG's former CEO is joining the startup's board, expressing excitement about the prospect of using the platform to develop new drugs.

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The Mean World

Ben White

From Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman: “Imagine for a moment that a new drug comes on the market. It’s super-addictive, and in no time everyone’s hooked. Scientists investigate and soon conclude that the drug causes, I quote, ‘a misperception of risk, anxiety, lower mood levels, learned helplessness, contempt and hostility towards others, and desensitization’……That drug is the news.

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Multi-use syringeless injectors could completely eliminate contrast waste

Health Imaging

Such products could increase departmental efficiency and advance environmental initiatives in radiology, experts claimed in Academic Radiology.

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New PET Perfusion Radiotracer May Improve Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis

Diagnostic Imaging

The novel tracer improved both sensitivity and specificity in the study group, of which more than 50 percent were obese and typically more difficult to obtain high-quality 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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X-ray-focused AI firm Gleamer raises $29.5M from venture capital firms, radiologists

Radiology Business

The Paris, France-based artificial intelligence developer will use the money to expand its product portfolio and headcount.

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Want to Invest in RadPartners?

Ben White

RadPartners is desperately trying to raise capital to pay off its debts via another round of equity funding (i.e. creating and selling new shares of preferred stock). If successful, this would dilute the value of shares held by current shareholders (~40% of the company is owned by current or former RP radiologists). In reality, I have a tough time imagining any large investors putting enough good money into something predicted to go bankrupt within the next two years to shift the course of the T

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SNMMI unveils Image of the Year

Health Imaging

This year the Henry N. Wagner Jr., Image of the Year is actually a group of images displaying the efficacy of a 68Ga-DOTA-5G and 177Lu-DOTA-ABM-5G theranostic pairing that improves the detection and treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

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Siemens Healthineers Showcase New PET/CT Scanner at SNMMI

Diagnostic Imaging

A next-generation positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) system, Biograph Vision.X, reportedly offers enhanced spatial resolution and a time of flight of 178 picoseconds.

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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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Academia still lagging behind private practice in allowing radiologists to read remotely

Radiology Business

Recently trained radiologists are likely to weigh this factor when considering which direction to take their careers, researchers wrote in JACR.

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Generative AI May Accelerate Drug Discovery for COVID Antivirals

Health IT Analytics

Oxford University and IBM have developed a new AI model that can generate antiviral molecules to target and block multiple virus proteins, including SARS-CoV-2.

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New PET technology offers 'clear improvement' of whole-body scan resolution

Health Imaging

The new technology achieves this by way of two add-on detectors that simultaneously scan patients during their whole-body PET exam.

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AI With Volumetric Thresholds Facilitate Opportunistic Screening for Splenomegaly

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Thu, 06/29/2023 - 21:15 June 29, 2023 — According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ own American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) , using an automated deep-learning AI tool, as well as weight-based volumetric thresholds, might afford large-scale evaluation for splenomegaly on CT examinations performed for any indication. Noting that, historically, the standard linear splenic measurements used as a surrogate for splenic volume yielded suboptimal performance in detecting volume

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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?