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Standardized reporting categorizes breast cancer detection methods

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healthcare system currently does not have a registry requirement to report the method of detection for newly diagnosed breast cancers, which limits efforts to determine how breast cancers are discovered. In total, the team included data from 29,999 breast biopsies performed between 2017 and 2023 from 18 imaging sites in four U.S.

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Key interventions cut delays for MRIs performed on sedated patients

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"Other methods of increasing the impact of our interventions, such as integrating the workflow into our hospital electronic medical records and educating patients, are possible future strategies. The complete study can be found here.

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The PACSman Pontificates: Dog tired after HIMSS 2024

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Lying in bed the night after my visit to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2024 meeting in Orlando with my legs moving like Elvis in concert and my kidneys on overdrive from all the water I drank trying to stay hydrated, I heard the music from the movie Chariots of Fire running through my head.

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