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Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios boost imaging use

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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. Nuclear medicine 0.76 X-ray or fluoroscopy 0.82 higher for x-ray. Ultrasound 0.85 higher for MR, 21.4%

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

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Nuclear medicine 40% Use rates by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality 2010 2021 CT 10.2% Nuclear medicine 2.7% Ultrasound 24% 28% X-ray/fluoroscopy 56.2% Nominal medical imaging price increases by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality Percentage increase CT 12.4% Duszak's team also reported the following: A 22.9%

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4 ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in radiology

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Thiel and colleagues performed an LCA in April 2023 of the diagnostic radiology practice of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

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Luthria, et al, Journal of Nuclear Medicine , October 26, 2023. To learn more about this paper, click here. Increased Metabolic Activity of the Thymus and Lymph Nodes in Pediatric Oncology Patients After Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination. To learn more about this paper, click here. Best New Radiology Device Aperto Lucent 0.4-tesla

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New CT, MR scanners and AI top GE HealthCare highlights at RSNA 2023

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The scanner also comes with True Enhance DL, an AI-based application that generates deep learning-based monochromatic-like images from a single-energy x-ray acquisition. GEHC also displayed its Signa PET/MR AIR system, which was introduced at the annual Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) conference in June.

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X-Rays and Beyond: Exploring the World of Radiology (Telangana, Peddapalli, Rajanna Sircilla, Ranga Reddy, Sangareddy, Siddipet)

Future Teleradiology

X-Rays and Beyond” embarks on an exciting journey to explore the captivating world of radiology, highlighting how it goes far beyond just X-rays. The Discovery of X-Rays: Introduce the pioneering discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895 and how it revolutionized medicine.

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GE HealthCare and University Hospitals Enter 10-Year Strategic Collaboration to Contemporize Its Imaging Fleet and Implement Enterprise Digital Solutions to Help Improve Patient Care and Optimize Processes

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The agreement includes hundreds of new systems, including AI-enabled technologies , across nuclear medicine , X-Ray , vascular and cardiovascular ultrasound , regional CT , fluoroscopy, surgery, and bone densitometry for which GE HealthCare will be the sole provider.