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Ablation underused to treat pain in cancer patients

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Less than 1% of hospitalized cancer patients undergo percutaneous ablation to relieve pain associated with bone or soft tissue tumors, according to a study by researchers at Emory University. They analyzed data from a national healthcare claims database among 19,793 patients between 2009 and 2022. percentage points; p = 0.019).

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Use caution when billing for remote radiology reading

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When the billing entity providing the Professional Component (PC) is different from the one providing the Technical Component (TC), e.g., in the case of hospital patients, the PC is billed separately using modifier -26. The same would apply for a registered hospital outpatient if services were provided elsewhere.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dempsey began working in radiography at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania. She continued working at the hospital for 12 years while growing in her role as an educator. Dmitry Beyder.

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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. and Canada. “As and Canada. “GE

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What can global radiology learn from Singapore?

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Future healthcare success will rely heavily on giving priority to key technologies like point-of-care ultrasound, 3D printing of anatomical organs, and artificial intelligence, RSNA 2023 attendees are set to find out during Tuesday's keenly anticipated international session on Singapore. is a national platform for imaging AI, Tan explained.

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ARRS: Yale emergency radiologist talks automation, resident training, AI

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Automation represents the current value of AI in the hospital emergency department (ED), a Yale University emergency radiologist shared last week at the 124th American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Boston. For Davis, who also has an MBA in healthcare management, "the automation piece is where the value is at this moment.

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Are x-rays necessary after pulling chest tubes?

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Ordering x-rays after removing chest tubes from lung surgery patients does not lead to meaningful change in patient management and prolongs hospital stays, according to a study published July 26 in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. No patient underwent any procedure following the post-chest tube removal x-ray. days vs. 2.3

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