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Ultrasound use shifts among radiologists, nonphysician practitioners

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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% and from 44.8%

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Mass Gen Brigham and GE HealthCare Collaboration Announces AI Algorithm, Radiology Operations Module (ROM), to Optimize Scheduling and Productivity

Imaging Technology

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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Illuminate Announces an Enterprise Solution to the Follow-Up of Actionable Incidental Findings

Imaging Technology

It captures patients with AIFs identified in all venues of care, including the emergency department, inpatient settings, and outpatient settings. In addition, Discovery360 provides a single enterprise IT follow-up solution that eliminates departmental staffing challenges associated with identifying, tracking, and managing patients with AIFs.

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Philips secures cardiovascular imaging contract with Va. clinic

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Services will include inpatient nursing care, cardiovascular operating rooms, cardiac catheterization, and electrophysiology labs. Carilion’s new facility will have 11 Philips interventional suites, allowing physicians to treat patients with complex cardiovascular conditions.

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The SQuID Protocol: SQ Insulin in DKA?

REBEL EM

This is not an optimal solution as these patients still require long stays in the ED, EDs are overcrowded as it is, the staffing is not the same in an ED compared to an ICU (don’t have the same nursing to patient ratios), all while more patients continue to come into the ED with other emergent conditions. tests/hr (0.8 Traditional: 1.0

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Direct Radiology Provides Urgent Teleradiology Solution in the Midst of COVID-19

Direct Radiology

Front-line doctors, nurses and administrators are reconfiguring inpatient units, closing many outpatient services, and making difficult decisions that no one could have prepared for. In-house radiology refocused on inpatient chest x-ray and CT scans, mostly on COVID patients.

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

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And having MRI available in the emergency department means that ED patients don't have to compete with inpatients or outpatients for MRI time." "MRI complements CT, ultrasound, and x-ray when it comes to trauma imaging," Mandel said. However, there are downsides to MRI in the ED, Mandel cautioned.

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