AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Kaiser Permanente in Redwood City, CA is paying an $18,000 fine after an accident involving an MRI machine injured a nurse, according to a report by the Daily Post. The MRI machine pulled a metal bed and a nurse several feet, leaving the nurse with injuries to her pelvis, right leg, and abdomen.

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Radiology Business

JULY 23, 2024

The Pitchbook analysis also charted similar PE ownership downturns in other healthcare categories such as skilled nursing and hospitals.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A nurse punctured the 68-year-old patient's lung with a feeding tube in 2018, and radiologist Louis Jacobs, MD, subsequently failed to spot the injury on X-ray.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Chilling details are emerging about the incident that led to a specialist nurse being seriously injured, and members of the country's imaging community have started to respond. "The accident raises questions about how it could happen. At this stage, the nurse was unconscious. The accident was not caused by lack of knowledge.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

A study co-led by Professor Kelly Metcalfe of the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, and researchers at the Familial Breast Cancer Research Unit at Women's College Hospital, finds risk-reducing mastectomies (RRM) in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic variant, significantly reduces the risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer and lowers the probability (..)

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Ben White

MARCH 8, 2024

Health care workers report staffing cuts and increased hours that worsen patient care in a range of ways, from longer wait times before a nurse can bring a patient pain medicine or help them get to the bathroom to increased falls and accidents as a consequence of fewer staff available to assist patients.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Work in our hospital, and especially in our radiology department, has been exceptionally challenging throughout this crisis -- and it continues to be so," Eva Llopis, MD, head of radiology at Hospital Universitari de la Ribera in Alzira, the capital of the comarca of Ribera Alta in the province of Valencia, told AuntMinnie.com on November 5.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 12, 2024

A visit to LG’s booth begins with the exterior-facing Reception Area and Nurse Station Zone that demonstrate the unique advantages of deploying LG’s Ultra Stretch and Transparent OLED displays as digital signage for wayfinding, employee and visitor communications, alerts and more. inch diagonal) All-in-One Thin Client (model 24CR661).

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MRI Network

APRIL 2, 2024

New work modalities, such as virtual nursing, which take advantage of remote work possibilities and lessen demands on bedside nurses are longer-term investments. Government orders during the pandemic granted many nurse practitioners expanded roles. Fundamentally rethinking where care is delivered.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 14, 2024

“Introducing proton therapy is a transformative step in advancing state-of-the-art cancer services for our patients,” said Trish O’Keefe , PhD, RN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, Atlantic Health System and President, Morristown Medical Center. “By

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Frase, MD, CMIO/Hospitalist, Ozarks Healthcare, West Plains, MO Bryant Thomas Karras, MD, FACMI, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Washington State Department of Health, Seattle, WA Nada Milosavljevic, MD, JD, CMO, Safe Health Systems, Scottsdale, AZ 2024 HIMSS Foundation Scholarships were presented to the following students.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 8, 2024

Over the course of this evaluation process, it made the following amendments: An intake nurse asked patients social determinants of health questions and documented the responses in the EMR. nurse, advanced practice provider, physician) placed the needs assessment order and notified the social worker by phone or email.

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Ben White

DECEMBER 8, 2023

From Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman: That’s right, Buurtzorg [a nurse-led home healthcare organization] is better for patients, nicer for employees and cheaper for taxpayers. Every month, dozens of nurses leave other jobs to sign on with Buurtzorg. A win-win-win situation. Meanwhile, the organisation continues to grow.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 19, 2024

A team led by Aric Lee, MBBS, of National University Hospital in Singapore found that relatively straightforward initiatives such as workflow standardization and preadmission patient counseling cut delays for these types of exams by more than 30%. The hospital performs 32,000 MRI exams per year.) Of these, 88.7%

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 20, 2024

Services will include inpatient nursing care, cardiovascular operating rooms, cardiac catheterization, and electrophysiology labs. Along with offering care to the local community, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital is a major referral center in the area and the only level-one trauma center for patients in the region.

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Aidoc

JUNE 17, 2024

With countless AI vendors vying for the attention of hospital leaders all over the world, it begs the question: What’s the best way to approach this tsunami of AI hype? We’re never going to have more nurses than we have now. What sort of operational benefits should I look to achieve from AI?

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Cassling's MRI

JUNE 30, 2023

Hospital staffing shortages are a real problem. In fact, last March the American Hospital Association submitted a letter to the U.S. The impact of these shortages has affected the gamut of healthcare worker roles -- from physicians and nurses to medical technicians and yes, radiologic technologists.

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MRI Network

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The continuing shortage of physicians and nurses impacts healthcare facilities of all types. Fewer nurses , for example, means patients may need to wait longer for the required care. Effects on Healthcare Providers Ultimately, these problems lead to significant financial strains on hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

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MRI Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But what are the common pressures faced by hospitals, clinics, and private practices? An ongoing physician and nursing shortage has increased wages and higher recruitment costs. According to a Becker Hospital Review article from April 2024, more than 700 rural hospitals faced the risk of closure.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 15, 2023

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. These places of service included assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. to 8.1%.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 16, 2024

MNH at MUHAS is a public hospital serving Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, and did not have a working mammography machine. Approximately twenty nurses, radiologists and techs will be involved with the mammography suite. For more information about Muhimbili National Hospital, visit mnh.or.tz.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 15, 2024

A group from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University in China used dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans to show that the traditional Chinese sport increased bone density and bone mineral content in various body parts.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

is estimated to have a shortage of approximately 446,000 home health aides, 95,000 nursing assistants, 98,700 medical, and lab technologists and technicians, and more than 29,000 nurse practitioners. The statement referenced a report conducted by analytic firm Mercer noting that, by 2025, the U.S.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 26, 2023

Sini is the chief information officer for GVM Care & Research , the Italian Hospital Group. GVM Care & Research operates hospitals and healthcare facilities in Italy, Poland, France, Albania and Ukraine and was a founding member of the HIMSS Italian Community. Heichert is also a registered nurse.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 7, 2023

This empowers nursing and medical schools, hospitals, and the Department of Defense with the all-new ability to leverage holographic medical imagery in anatomy and pathophysiology curricula. “As a surgical oncologist for 25 years, I relied on imaging to perform complex surgeries.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 14, 2023

This empowers nursing and medical schools, hospitals, and the Department of Defense with the all-new ability to leverage holographic medical imagery in anatomy and pathophysiology curricula. “As a surgical oncologist for 25 years, I relied on imaging to perform complex surgeries.

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RadsResident

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Well, it is coming out of the pockets are practices, hospitals, or corporate radiology, to meet the coverage needs of the radiology work that needs completion. Larger Stipends From Hospitals Means Increased Dependency The lack of radiologists also means that hospitals are committed to ensuring that radiologists stay in the fold.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 24, 2024

In the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, AuntMinnie.com spoke with radiologists at hospitals in New York City and Washington, DC, about the role radiology played in caring for the victims. We knew we’d better get to our stations, because this was a huge emergency."

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The goals of COMBINE-CT include increasing the use of coronary computed tomography angiography; opening data silos between hospital departments involved in the care of CAD patients; and simplifying and improving workflow for physicians, nurses, and technologists.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted an increase in the rates of negative mammograms in both screening and diagnostic settings, a study published November 14 in the Journal of Radiology Nursing found.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 1, 2023

Lynn College of Nursing conducted a study in a sample of Black women receiving care at its nurse-led FAU/Northwest Community Health Alliance Community Health Center (CHC) in West Palm Beach, which provides services to vulnerable underserved populations. “Our

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Powered by artificial intelligence and designed to work wirelessly with current iOS and Android devices, Clarius has miniaturized diagnostic quality ultrasound to the size of a smartphone for ultra portability from patient to patient throughout the hospital. hospitals and 300,000 other providers to transform healthcare.

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MRI Network

AUGUST 2, 2024

In July, employment rose in home healthcare services (+22,000), hospitals (+20,000), and nursing and residential care facilities (+9,000). Key industries reported the following trends in July: Healthcare added 55,000 jobs in July, similar to the average monthly gain of 63,000 over the prior 12 months.

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REBEL EM

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Mild to moderate DKA represents a subgroup of patients that often require admission to the ICU due to hospital policies not allowing insulin infusions outside of this clinical setting. However, it is unclear if all degrees (mild, moderate, severe) of DKA require the same intensive treatment. tests/hr (0.8 Traditional: 1.0 tests/hr (0.8

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Vesta Teleradiology

JULY 27, 2023

It also impacts staffing at all levels in healthcare, from nurses to executives. The sector is expected to face persistent staffing shortages, particularly among nurses, due to widespread burnout and increased turnover. Burnout not only impacts the well-being of medical practitioners but can also compromise patient care and safety.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 9, 2024

As a registered nurse with a Master of Science degree, Thomas offers a unique perspective on the intersection of IT, clinician workflow, and patient experience. It further notes that its FDA-cleared Lunit INSIGHT suite for cancer screening serves over 3,000 hospitals and medical institutions across 40+ countries.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 26, 2023

A steady increase in the volume of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) exams is occurring, especially at mid- to high-level community hospitals across the country. The radiologic technologist must also obtain gated images: If the patient’s heartbeat is irregular or too fast, a nurse may need to administer beta blockers to slow the heart rate down.

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