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IMV: MRI exam mix shifts from outpatient to hospital settings

AuntMinnie

In contrast, the percentage of MRI procedures performed in an emergency hospital setting increased two percentage points, to 14%, and the percentage performed in an inpatient hospital setting increased three percentage points, to 20%. Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division. hours for hospital sites.

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IMV: Independent imaging centers face competition for CT scan volume

AuntMinnie

Hospital-based sites are more likely to be experiencing this shift compared to independent imaging centers. Looking at the settings for CT procedures in 2024, 43% of these exams were performed in an emergency setting; 36% in an outpatient setting; and 20% in an inpatient setting. Independent imaging centers 10.9

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

He earned his medical degree from Washington University in St. 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. Deng is lauded internationally as an educator.

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How to comply with CMS's CT radiation dose measure

AuntMinnie

Under the auspices of Alara Imaging , a measure steward entity established by the university, CMS plans to adopt the measure into its hospital and physician pay-for-performance programs beginning in 2025. Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S.

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What can global radiology learn from Singapore?

AuntMinnie

The technology's value is limited by the expertise of the operator and poor conditions for diagnostic-quality ultrasound in the home and inpatient settings, and in primary care settings, there is a steep learning curve for staff, and accreditation and maintenance of skills are both essential, Tan pointed out.

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Imaging Market Share Analysis Shows 28% of Image Interpretation Performed by Non-Radiologists

Imaging Technology

The research, published June 28 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, JACR, was based on 123 million Medicare Part B imaging claims in 2022. For non-cardiac imaging, the study found that radiologists interpreted nearly all imaging in the hospital outpatient, inpatient, and emergency department settings: 99.5%

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How Much Does a PET/CT Cost?

Capitol Imaging Services

Along with the normal anxiety associated with needing a medical imaging study, worrying about your out-of-pocket expense is a reasonable concern. Having the procedure done in a hospital as an inpatient costs far more than having the same procedure done in an outpatient center such as CIS. How Much Does a PET/CT cost?