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Mount Zion is Once Again an Inpatient Hospital Where Imaging Plays an Important Role

UCSF Biomedical Imaging

The resumption of in-patient care at Mount Zion Hospital in 2020 after many years as an outpatient site presented an opportunity for imaging expansion.

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Ultrasound use shifts among radiologists, nonphysician practitioners

AuntMinnie

Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, VA, found that office ultrasound services have been mostly performed by radiologists while hospital outpatient and inpatient services have been performed more by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. for the inpatient setting. and inpatient settings from 25.1% to 8.1%.

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Radiologists are reading more cardiac CT exams, but not cardiac MRI

AuntMinnie

The use of both cardiac CT and cardiac MRI increased in the Medicare population over the past seven years, according to research presented November 29 at the RSNA meeting. The team tracked volumes by provider type (cardiologists, radiologists, and "other") and practice setting (hospital and nonhospital). Cardiologists 49.2%

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The Crucial Link Between Emergency Department Flow and Overcrowding

Aidoc

A good portion of inpatient hospital admissions are funneled through the ED. Inefficiencies within the healthcare system, such as inadequate staffing levels, insufficient inpatient bed capacity and patient transfer delays. Moreover, increased delays in CT and MRI corresponded with increased hospital costs.

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AuntMinnie 2014: Health information exchange lowers repeat emergency imaging

AuntMinnie

Editor's note: As part of the celebration of AuntMinnie.com's upcoming 25th anniversary, we're presenting 25 for 25 -- a series featuring our most popular content for each of the last 25 years. If all hospital-based EDs in California and Florida fully participated in HIE, more than $2.9

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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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ISMRM: Does MRI have a role in the emergency department?

AuntMinnie

Perhaps, but it requires vigorous safety monitoring, according to a presentation delivered May 4 at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting. And having MRI available in the emergency department means that ED patients don't have to compete with inpatients or outpatients for MRI time."

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