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Epic celebrates TEFCA onboards, integrates generative AI

AuntMinnie

Epic reported that more than 2,000 Epic hospitals and more than 50,000 Epic clinics are either live or preparing to go live on the federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) framework for nationwide health data exchange. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP).

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CTC for colorectal cancer screening is at an 'inflection point'

AuntMinnie

If the Medicare reimbursement approval translates to improved screening rates, patients will benefit, wrote a group led by David Kim, MD, of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. Kim's colleagues included Anu Obaro, PhD, of St Mark's Hospital and Academic Institute in London, U.K.;

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MRI safety oversight: Gaps 'big enough to drive a truck through'

AuntMinnie

Gilk described his efforts to get a copy of the report about the Kaiser accident from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the state's body for licensing hospitals and healthcare providers. MRI bed gurney accident, Kaiser Permanente Redwood City, CA. Image courtesy of Tobias Gilk.

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Publicly insured pregnant women less likely to get 20-week ultrasounds

AuntMinnie

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Future investigation, policy, and public health efforts that focus on mitigating barriers to second-trimester ultrasound receipt could increase overall prenatal congenital heart defect diagnosis rates in an equitable manner,” they wrote.

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The Little White Lies of Radiology Partners

Ben White

Here are the options for “work setting” they could have picked: Academic institution Independent private practice National radiology practice Health system or hospital Hospital-affiliated group practice Non-hospital group practice Multi-specialty entity Outpatient clinic Military Treatment Facility U.S.

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Radiology among least affected services during Ukraine war

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Imaging and radiology centers are among the least affected hospital services in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022, a study published May 17 in JAMA Health Forum found. The survey study included 74 Ukrainian hospitals from 12 oblasts (regions or provinces).

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Penn Medicine names new radiology chair

AuntMinnie

She previously spent 17 years at Massachusetts General Hospital as a physician and researcher, studying topics ranging from imaging value to cancer screening, surveillance, and treatment selection. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI), and the American Cancer Society (ACS), among others. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

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