JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Within the past decade, Medicare reimbursements for interventional radiology (IR) procedures have been declining. In order to offset expenses, hospitals may increase charges. This study aimed to characterize the utilization and billing trends in IR.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 14, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:45 May 14, 2024 — University Hospitals (UH) and Siemens Healthineers announce a 10-year strategic alliance that builds on their 40-year history of clinical and research collaboration. Because there is no “typical” hospital or laboratory and many variables exist (e.g.,

Hospital 116

Hospital Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiopharmaceuticals Disease 116

Imaging Technology

JUNE 21, 2024

a leading clinical augmented reality med-tech company, announced the successful first installation and clinical cases using the OmnifyXR Interventional Suite [1] at North Star Vascular and Interventional in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since there is no “typical” hospital, and many variables exist — e.g., hospital size, case mix, etc.

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Ben White

OCTOBER 9, 2024

…Hospitals quite literally cannot operate beyond a few hours without diagnostic radiology. Hospital systems simply have no leverage against their radiologists except fear of the unknown. Negotiations with the hospital have yielded minimal results. We are the bottleneck for all inpatient care. What is a group to do?

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Radiologist Inpatient Hospital Interventional Radiology 209

JVIR

JUNE 12, 2023

SIR guidelines recommend various antibiotic regimens for patients undergoing interventional radiological procedures. Antibiotics have a wide spectrum of affective and cognitive toxicities, the most severe of which can lead to hospitalization or suicide. Fluoroquinolones have the highest incidence of these toxicities.

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Interventional Radiology Radiology Hospital 40

Imaging Technology

APRIL 16, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:56 April 16, 2024 — The Society of Interventional Radiology ( SIR ) has published a new position statement outlining best practice of image-guided endovascular interventions when treating children in emergency situations. Interventional radiology is an integral part of the trauma care team.

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Interventional Radiology Hospital Radiology Radiologist 110

JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Within large hospital systems, difficulty with routing procedure requests to the appropriate team and covering provider can delay patient care and cause frustration for both radiologists and ordering clinicians.

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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. Medical imaging constitutes the largest consumer within the sector, they noted.

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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.

Radiology 113

Radiology Interventional Radiology Medicare Diagnostic 113

AuntMinnie

APRIL 15, 2024

Radiology administrators are confident that diagnostic and interventional radiology will continue to grow as a profit center, according to The MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) new report for the second quarter of 2024.

Radiology 115

Radiology Medicare Interventional Radiology Hospital 115

AuntMinnie

JUNE 14, 2024

found that cirrhosis patients admitted over the weekend for TIPS procedures exhibited higher incidences of mortality, hepatic encephalopathy, acute kidney injury, and transfers to alternate hospital facilities. They also experienced longer times from admission to surgery, extended hospital stays, and higher overall hospital costs.

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Interventional Radiology Hospital Disease Diagnostic 105

ScienceDirect

JUNE 2, 2023

Publication date: Available online 1 June 2023 Source: Clinical Radiology Author(s): N. Seneviratne, D. Wilkins, P. Peddu, P.S. Sidhu

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

A team of researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital has developed an age-specific dose catalog for estimating radiation exposure to children from diagnostic and interventional radiology fluoroscopy procedures. mSv for interventional radiology (24 procedure types) and 0.001 to 0.44

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Fluoroscopy Interventional Radiology X-ray Imaging Modalities 109

Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Chief of Interventional Radiology and Interventional Oncology at Hoag Hospital. This includes Histotripsy, a newly approved therapy which will revolutionize the treatment of cancer utilizing a non-invasive method to destroy cancer in the liver without a single incision,” said Trushar Patel, M.D., Chang, M.D.,

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Interventional Radiology Ultrasound Radiation Diagnostic 96

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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Interventional Radiology Medicare Imaging Diagnostic 59

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

CRA is the state’s largest private radiology practice and is based in Myrtle Beach. It serves five health systems in South Carolina and provides subspecialized diagnostic and interventional radiology services for its five partner hospitals and health systems.

Radiology 52

Radiology Interventional Radiology Hospital Radiologist 52

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Thiel and colleagues performed an LCA in April 2023 of the diagnostic radiology practice of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Such an assessment should reveal which opportunities are the most impactful and also which are the most realistic to achieve for a given set of circumstances," Thrall wrote.

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine Fluoroscopy X-ray 98

Imaging Technology

MAY 29, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 05/29/2024 - 07:00 May 29, 2024 — Strategic Radiology added a third California member to the nation’s leading coalition of independent radiology practices with the addition of 14-radiologist Riverside Radiology Medical Group (RRMG).

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Image from Molly Charney, MD, of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, et al. tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image.

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine 144

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine X-ray MRI Hospital 144

AuntMinnie

JULY 4, 2024

When it comes to hospitals' focus on specific clinical programs, 61% of respondents indicated that their hospital has a vascular surgery program, 54% have a cardiac surgery program, and 31% have a dedicated structural heart disease program -- all of which use fixed C-arm devices.

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Hospital Patient Care Interventional Radiology Disease 105

JVIR

MARCH 29, 2023

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and American College of Radiology (ACR) developed a survey to assess the attitudes of Interventional (IRs) and Diagnostic Radiologists (DRs) towards exclusive contracts and independently practicing IRs who may request privileges at a hospital where an exclusive contract exists with a different group of (..)

Radiologist 52

Radiologist Interventional Radiology Hospital Diagnostic 52

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 10, 2024

Diagnostic errors, including those from radiology among hospitalized adults who died or were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU), are common, according to a study published January 8 in JAMA Internal Medicine. years in 29 hospitals. The exam revealed active extravasation, necessitating interventional radiology care.

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European Radiology

JANUARY 24, 2024

Jake Cowen is a radiology registrar at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, UK. He has a keen interest in head and neck radiology, neuroradiology, and collaborative research. Georgios Festas is currently working as a senior radiology resident at the 2nd Radiology Department at Attikon University Hospital, Athens.

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Radiology Hospital Medical Imaging Radiologist 119

JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Interventional radiology (IR) services may be performed at either hospital facilities (“facility sites”) or office-based labs (“office sites”). Office sites are typically lower cost settings, yet lack the ability to escalate care to an emergency department or inpatient service if needed.

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Private Practice Inpatient Radiologist Interventional Radiology 40

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Finally, we provide a sampling of interventional radiology research, which is also largely concerned with reducing patient radiation. Chest x-ray AI evaluated in clinical routine at a Norwegian hospital Monday, December 2 | 1:30 p.m.-1:40 The group notes that it is evaluating the model for implementation in four hospitals.

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X-ray Radiation Hospital Clinic 105

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Radiology administrators are confident that diagnostic and interventional radiology will continue to grow as a profit center through the remainder of this year and beyond, according to MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) report for the fourth quarter of 2023.

Radiology 69

Radiology Medicare Interventional Radiology Imaging 69

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As more and more radiology practices consolidate and assimilate into hospitals and healthcare networks, "the divide between academic and nonacademic practice has blurred," the authors wrote. Between 2014 to 2023, median total compensation for diagnostic radiology increased by 18% overall (1.9%

Radiologist 40

Radiologist Interventional Radiology Diagnostic Radiology 40

AuntMinnie

JULY 24, 2024

After analyzing the Open Payments database, a group of researchers led by Chris Lee of Yale University found that 3% of interventional radiologists received two-thirds of the total sum of industry payments over the five-year period.

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Radiologist Interventional Radiology Hospital Medical Device 45

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The published CMS estimates indicate that most of radiology will be minimally impacted (0%) by the MPFS, but interventional radiology will see a 2% decrease. Radiology -3.8% -1.8% -2.8% Nuclear Medicine -3.8% -1.8% -2.8% CT Colonography Screening (code 74263) will be reimbursed at the national level of $108.68 (3.36

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Medicare Interventional Radiology Nuclear Medicine Radiology 99

AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

The midtown center has been in operation since the 1950s and currently operates 17 outpatient imaging centers across the greater Austin metropolitan area, serving 24 area hospitals. Columbus Radiology, like many other imaging centers, is contracted to serve local hospitals, in this case throughout Ohio. "We

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Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Radiation Radiation Oncology 105

European Radiology

JANUARY 15, 2024

Hatem Alkadhi, Rolf W Günther, Roh-Eul Yoo, and Giulia Zamboni. Hatem Alkadhi is the current Vice-Chair at the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology of the University Hospital Zurich. He will lead the specialty section of Vascular-Interventional imaging.

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Computed Tomography Education Interventional Radiology Hospital 52

Imaging Technology

MAY 19, 2023

The 2023 Emerging Leader Scholarship recipients are: Rachel Grenier, MD , Massachusetts General Hospital Interventional Radiology Integrated Program Gerald Hefferman, MD , Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School Russell A.

Radiology 96

Radiology Interventional Radiology Radiation Oncology Health Science 96

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He has contributed chapters to textbooks such as First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 and Core Radiology: A Visual Approach to Diagnostic Imaging and is an editor at Radiopaedia.org. Dmitry Beyder.

Nuclear Medicine 143

Nuclear Medicine Education Radiation Science Radiology Technologist 143

ONRAD

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Mary’s Hospital in Illinois announced that they will be offering the innovative Y-90 procedures at their hospital under the leadership of Dr. Farid Shafaie, Chairman of Radiology and Medical Director at Onrad, Inc. Presence St. This radioembolization procedure has many benefits for patients and is.

Interventional Radiology 40

Interventional Radiology Radiology Hospital Medical 40

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rules. Interventional radiology will have a 2% decrease in reimbursement, however, according to an analysis by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

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Radiation Oncology Nuclear Medicine Medicare Radiation 80

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% However, those calculations do not take into account the Congressional adjustment to the 2024 fee schedule.

Medicare 105

Medicare Radiology Interventional Radiology Nuclear Medicine 105

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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Healthcare Healthcare Computed Tomography Minimally Invasive Procedure 98