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Financial incentives significantly increase radiologist compliance with quality-improvement initiative

Radiology Business

UT Southwestern has introduced a grading template in knee radiograph reports to help decrease the use of unnecessary MR imaging.

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Shaping the future of radiology in 2025: Trends, threats, and opportunities

AuntMinnie

With radiologists facing their fifth consecutive pay cut due to the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, radiology practices are approaching hospital partners for stipends to continue offering their advanced services. Radiology professionals and groups must prepare now to adapt and thrive in this complex landscape.

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Doctors discuss prostate cancer imaging pressure points

AuntMinnie

If MRI prostagram should prove to be a good screening tool for prostate cancer, urologists are going to have a lot of work on their hands, and radiologists will be needed to overcome this burden, said the U.K. MRI reports should include a quality reference remark that precedes the diagnosis, explained radiologist Jelle Barentsz, MD, PhD.

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Alara offers free software for MPFS quality measure compliance

AuntMinnie

Alara Imaging is offering free HIPAA and SOC-II certified software to help physicians and health systems comply with a new radiation dose quality measure included in the U.S. On behalf of CMS, Alara Imaging provides the translation software for measure computation, according to Smith-Bindman.

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Understanding Breast Density and the Impact of the New FDA Requirement: How Aidoc and ScreenPoint Support MQSA Compliance

Aidoc

Challenges in Breast Density Assessment Historically, radiologists have visually estimated breast density, but assessments can vary widely. Studies indicate: Intra-radiologist Variation : Breast density assessment can vary up to 20% 1 when reviewed by the same radiologist over time. Annals of Internal Medicine 2017.

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Breakthroughs in breast cancer screening technologies

AuntMinnie

Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) mandate that clinicians inform patients about their breast density, elevating reporting requirements and the FDA’s auditing capabilities for consistent, high-quality care nationally. Understanding breast density Recent updates to the U.S.

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ABUS screening improves breast cancer screening in low-resource areas

AuntMinnie

They underwent screening ABUS as the sole breast cancer screening modality, with images acquired by a technologist at a community health center. Axial (A) and coronal (B) ABUS images of the right breast show 4-mm irregular hypoechoic mass (arrows) at the 11-o’clock position. The background echotexture is heterogeneous.