Aidoc

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In a recent conversation with Alexander Misono, MD, Chief of Interventional Radiology at Hoag, we explored the transformational role of AI in radiology and the ripple effects it’s having on both patient care and clinical operations. This “always-on” approach allows the interventional radiology team to act faster.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 6, 2025

Radiology administrators express very high confidence that imaging will grow as a profit center in coming months, according to The MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) report for the second quarter of 2025. Currently we are in the process of marketing for interventional radiology, MRI, and CT.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Finally, we provide a sampling of interventional radiology research, which is also largely concerned with reducing patient radiation. healthcare perspective. Vision-language model exhibits bias reading chest x-rays Wednesday, December 4 | 9:10 a.m.-9:20 9:20 a.m. |W2-STCE1-2 12:45 p.m. |

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2024

Powering down idle interventional radiology (IR) imaging systems can substantially decrease carbon emissions and electricity costs, according to a group of researchers at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland. The healthcare industry’s global carbon footprint exceeds that of major economies like Germany, France, and the U.K.,

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AuntMinnie

JULY 18, 2024

Radiology administrators remain positive that diagnostic and interventional radiology will continue to grow as a profit center, according to The MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) report for the third quarter of 2024. We're in trouble as a healthcare organization."

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Healthcare Administrative Partners

JANUARY 27, 2025

Although relatively few of these changes will impact radiology practices, its essential to know what they are and adjust your practice systems accordingly. The 2025 update to the Current Procedural Terminology [i] (CPT) has 270 new codes, 38 revised codes, and 112 deleted codes.

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Healthcare Administrative Partners

JUNE 11, 2024

The importance of accurate and complete coding cannot be overemphasized for any area of radiology, but the complexity of interventional radiology (IR) coding makes it even more critical for optimal reimbursement.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 26, 2024

Throughout the last 50 years, SIR has enabled the specialty to grow in an evolving healthcare landscape, providing IRs with the education, resources, and support required for members to thrive,” said Lewandowski. “As As we look forward, SIR remains committed to fostering healthcare innovations that improve patients’ lives worldwide.”

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 25, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 03/25/2024 - 06:00 March 25, 2024 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) presented its highest honor, the SIR Gold Medal , to Fred T. These awards acknowledge distinguished and extraordinary service to SIR or to the specialty of interventional radiology. MD ; Albert A. Nemcek, Jr.,

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 25, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:00 March 25, 2024 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation today presented the Leader in Innovation Award to Suresh Vedantham , MD, FSIR , during SIR’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Salt Lake City. He is the current president of the Southeastern Angiographic Society (SEAS).

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

GE HealthCare (GEHC) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have inked a 10-year strategic research collaboration that expands the existing scope of their relationship. GE HealthCare has had a long-standing relationship with UW-Madison, providing research support, funding, diagnostic imaging equipment, and research staff.

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Healthcare Administrative Partners

JANUARY 27, 2025

Although relatively few of these changes will impact radiology practices, its essential to know what they are and adjust your practice systems accordingly. The 2025 update to the Current Procedural Terminology [i] (CPT) has 270 new codes, 38 revised codes, and 112 deleted codes.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 21, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 06/21/2024 - 20:24 June 21, 2024 — GE HealthCare , a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator, and MediView XR Inc., Contact your GE HealthCare or MediView sales representative to learn more.

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Aidoc

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

At Aidoc, Ive had the privilege of speaking with radiologists, hospital executives and clinical leaders who are actively shaping the future of AI in healthcare. That’s the ROI that truly matters in healthcare.” The future of AI in healthcare isnt just about one-off solutions its about holistic, seamless integration.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

An MI Symptom Scale‑Healthcare Professional (MISS-HP) score of 36 or greater indicated moral injury. The survey was distributed on March 30 to interventional radiologists via the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Connect Open Forum website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and email; 365 individuals responded.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 14, 2024

These insights highlight the existing inequality in healthcare provision during weekends in patients who undergo TIPS procedures,” Li and colleagues wrote. TIPS is an interventional radiological procedure used to bypass the portal vein system.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 3, 2024

The percentage of females and underrepresented minorities in radiology trainee programs has increased in recent years, but only modestly, according to an analysis published May 3 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. Furthermore, the integrated interventional radiology training pool "demonstrated a significant evolution."

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AuntMinnie

JULY 23, 2024

After analyzing Medicare billing data from 2019 to 2024, researchers from NYU Langone Health in New York City found that radiologists have a lower national attrition rate than other healthcare providers. Attrition among specialties was as follows: Average among all providers: 16.4% Emergency medicine physicians: 26.6% Surgeons: 16.7%

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2024

A new, minimally invasive procedure that combines MRI and transurethral ultrasound is effective for treating prostate cancer, according to research presented March 20 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Scientific Paper of the Year Advanced Practice Provider Procedures Commonly Performed in Interventional Radiology: Medicare Volume Trends From 2010 to 2021. Lindquester, et al, Journal of the American College of Radiology , July 1, 2024. Plesner, et al, Radiology , September 26, 2023.

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Aidoc

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The 2024 CIRSE conference in Lisbon this month brought together the interventional radiology (IR) community from across Europe. While diagnostic radiology has already made great strides with AI adoption across Europe, its application in interventional radiology is still emerging. link] [link] Burch et al.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

The published CMS estimates indicate that most of radiology will be minimally impacted (0%) by the PFS rule, but interventional radiology would see a 2% decrease. Radiology -3.8% -1.8% -2.8% Sandy Coffta is vice president of client services at Healthcare Administrative Partners. Nuclear Medicine -3.8% -1.8% -2.8%

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Shifting certain interventional radiology (IR) procedures to outpatient settings has the potential to reduce healthcare costs while maintaining or improving patient outcomes. However, the economic feasibility and overall financial impact of this shift on healthcare providers and payers require careful examination.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

Columbus Radiology, like many other imaging centers, is contracted to serve local hospitals, in this case throughout Ohio. "We We have to get buy-in from the hospital and that can be a process, especially as several of our hospital partners are part of larger healthcare systems," Gee explained.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Radiology administrators have very high confidence that imaging will grow as a profit center, according to The MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) report for the fourth quarter of 2024. regions expressed high confidence in growth in diagnostic/interventional radiology, the group found.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 21, 2023

Interventional radiology – and specifically interventional CT – plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Laura Crocetti , associate professor of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Pisa in Italy and deputy chairperson of the European Conference on Interventional Oncology ( ECIO )i.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By analyzing work relative value units (wRVUs) and billed CPT units, this study aims to demonstrate how a dedicated interventional radiology (IR) rounding service fosters continuity of patient care and collaboration among healthcare professionals while optimizing financial outcomes for the interventional radiology division.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

But there are measures that can be taken to reduce these emissions, and performing a "life cycle assessment" is a good way to assess the effect not only of greenhouse gas emissions on the healthcare enterprise but also interventions to mitigate them, according to a team led by Cassandra Thiel, PhD, of Royal Philips in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2025

Baidus AI chatbot Ernie Bot outperformed OpenAIs ChatGPT-4 on interventional radiology questions in Chinese, while ChatGPT was superior when questions were in English, according to a recent study. The study was published January 23 in Digital Health.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has selected Eve Lee as its new CEO. She also served as executive director of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (HEA). Lee previously was the executive director of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA).

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As modern healthcare systems become increasingly reliant on interventional radiology (IR) procedures ensuring appropriate quality of care is of utmost importance. There remains no feasible standardized evidence-based approach to assessing the quality of care of patients undergoing IR procedures.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

She told AuntMinnie she feels fortunate to have worked in and gained experience in interventional radiology, the operating room, emergency department, and inpatient and outpatient radiology. However, this is just a glimpse of how radiology services are changing on University of Mississippi campuses and affiliated hospitals.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

There is an increasing demand for high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare services. Time-driven activity-based costing analysis from our group has shown a cost of about $57 per minute in the interventional radiology (IR) suite with an average turnaround time of 40 minutes between cases.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Interventional radiology (IR) procedures are increasingly being used as less invasive alternatives to traditional surgeries, particularly for conditions such as liver cancer, uterine fibroids, and peripheral artery disease.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

Interventional radiologist Like others, Dania Daye, MD, PhD, thinks about how to incorporate machine learning into daily practice. Daye is assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and practices interventional radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To evaluate the accuracy of an automated natural language processing (NLP) parser in rapidly extracting vital procedure details from Interventional Radiology (IR) reports. This technology aims to augment quality assurance, real-time analytics, and retrospective research, thereby contributing to a dynamic learning healthcare system.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Insurance coverage, a key factor in healthcare decisions, may influence ChatGPTs recommendations, but has not yet been investigated. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of different insurance types on ChatGPTs treatment recommendations for common conditions treated by interventional radiology (IR).

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