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A Race Against Time: How One Idaho Hospital Added a New CT Suite to Better Serve Its Community

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With only one CT scanner in the hospital to service outpatients and the emergency room, Bonner General saw an urgent need for expansion in order to better serve its patients. Since 2014, Bonner General Health in Sand Point, Idaho, has experienced a staggering 73% increase in the number of CT scans they perform annually.

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Rural Hospital Raises the Bar with Comprehensive State-of-the-art Imaging Systems

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That’s clearly the case at Massac Memorial Hospital , an award-winning critical access hospital in Metropolis, Ill., The hospital serves patients in Massac County and the surrounding areas. “Our with 25 beds. But far from quaint, this small facility is cutting edge. However, Massac Memorial has long challenged the status quo.

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Qure.ai Announces Receipt of FDA Clearance for Chest X-ray Solution for Pneumothorax and Pleural Effusion, Elevating ICU and ER Care Pathways

Imaging Technology

Qure’s qXR has now been cleared to triage pneumothorax (PTX) and pleural effusion (PE), which present severe challenges in emergency rooms and intensive care units (ICUs), according to the company statement released today. Speaking to physicians and hospital CEOs, we have heard the increasing need to reduce time to diagnosis."

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Mass. radiology provider may be liable for 'unavailable' IR physician

AuntMinnie

The decision states that Saint Vincent Radiological Associates (SVRA) in Worcester had a contractual agreement with Saint Vincent Hospital to provide an on-call interventional radiologist to the hospital. But the presiding judge at the Massachusetts Court of Appeals, Associate Justice Gregory I.

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Increase in CCTA exams expected to mirror TAVR growth trend

AuntMinnie

A steady increase in the volume of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) exams is occurring, especially at mid- to high-level community hospitals across the country. The guideline recommended CCTA as a first-line tool for both emergent and non-emergent evaluation of chest pain, and it worked to persuade third-party payors to cover it.

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Why ERs Can See an Influx of Patients this Summer

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Emergency rooms (ERs) play a critical and indispensable role in the healthcare system, serving as the front line of medical care for individuals experiencing urgent and life-threatening situations. During the summer months in the United States, emergency rooms tend to see an increase in patient visits due to various reasons.

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Qure.ai's AI-Driven Chest X-ray Solution Receives FDA Clearance for Enhanced Lung Nodule Detection

Imaging Technology

The performance of various readers, including radiologists, pulmonologists, and emergency room physicians, showed improvement. Notably, in the multi-reader, multi-case study, the use of qXR-LN resulted in some emergency room physicians and pulmonologists approaching or surpassing the baseline (unaided)performance of radiologists.

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