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Moore’s Law for radiologists

AuntMinnie

To cover a CT and MR "list" was a luxury; it was to escape the murderous fluoroscopy rooms, intravenous urography (IVU) lists, and indeterminable piles of plain films Then the scanners got fast. The scanners could reconstruct images faster than we could report them. 20s rotation, 40s reconstruction. But expectations have grown.

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Walgreens-backed VillageMD launches ‘major imaging hub’ open 7 days a week

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The “first imaging department of its kind” will deliver CT, ultrasound, X-ray, fluoroscopy and ambient MRI, all in one location.

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Vanderbilt Health breaks ground on 6,000-square-foot new imaging facility

Radiology Business

acre site in Nashville and plans to offer services including MRI, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, X-ray and mammography. The facility is located on a 0.55-acre

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Canon Medical expands ultrasound, R/F offerings at ECR 2024

AuntMinnie

Canon Medical's new midrange ultrasound scanner, Aplio me. Image courtesy of Canon Medical. VIENNA -- Canon Medical Systems Europe unveiled a new ultrasound scanner and a radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system in its booth at ECR 2024. Image courtesy of Canon Medical.

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Tampa-area imaging services impacted by Hurricane Milton

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Tampa-area hospitals are facing the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, with some imaging services being temporarily suspended as healthcare systems reallocate resources toward emergency care. The hospital performs more than 400,000 imaging exams per year, according to Tampa General’s website.

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Study finds decreases in imaging's share of all healthcare spending

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Although medical imaging has frequently been considered a major culprit behind the growth of healthcare spending in the U.S., In fact, imaging's part fell from 10.5% the sum of payments from health plans and patients to health care providers for imaging and related services) on imaging increased 35.9% billion to $66.2

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Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios boost imaging use

AuntMinnie

Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios (MMRR) are linked to increased likelihood of Medicaid patients receiving CT, MR, ultrasound, and x-ray imaging, researchers have reported. Hence, the potentially beneficial aspects of increased Medicaid reimbursement, although not [necessarily] specific to imaging, are broad-based."

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