Radiology Business

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Michael Bruno, MD, vice chair for quality and patient safety at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, discusses two hot topics at RSNA 2023.

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UCSF Biomedical Imaging

MARCH 10, 2025

Patient safety isnt just a responsibilityits our culture, says Patient Safety Officer Alpana Patel Camilli, BS, CRA, (R) (CT), manager of Interventional Radiology, Neuroendovascular Surgery and interim manager of Diagnostic Radiology.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

R5A-SPCH-7 | Learning Center AI can significantly enhance patient safety by identifying suspected misplacements of endotracheal tube (ETT) placements, according to a presentation in this session. AI identifies misplaced endotracheal tubes Thursday, December 5 | 12:35 p.m.-12:45 12:45 p.m. |

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Vesta Teleradiology

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

These updates, effective immediately, aim to enhance patient safety and adapt to advancements in MRI practices. Key Updates in MRI Standards Remote Scanning Protocols: The revised standards mandate that a registered technologist must always be present with the patient during remote MRI scans.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 17, 2024

Contrast media injectors are used to inject contrast media or contrast agents to enhance the blood and perfusion in tissues, allowing for improved visualization of the contrast of fluids or structures within the body.

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Professional Radiology

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Medical professionals take necessary precautions to ensure patient safety and modern imaging technology continues to minimize radiation levels. As the leading diagnostic imaging radiology center in El Paso, patient care and safety are our top priorities.

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Open Medscience

JANUARY 2, 2024

Medical imaging cybersecurity is vital for protecting patient data, ensuring care continuity, and maintaining trust. The post Enhancing Cybersecurity in Medical Imaging: Essential for Patient Safety appeared first on Open Medscience.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

New standardized tools are needed, such as icobrain aria, to assist radiologists and treating clinicians in detecting and managing ARIA to optimize patient safety.

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Open Medscience

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

GPS for Healthcare enables caregivers to use GPS trackers to improve safety, prevent wandering, and enhance dementia care. The post GPS for Healthcare: Enhancing Patient Safety and Quality of Life appeared first on Open MedScience.

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MedImaging Ultrasound

JANUARY 2, 2024

A first-of-its-kind endoscopic ultrasound technology with a groundbreaking approach to patient safety has the potential to shift the site of care to more efficient and preferable settings like ambulatory surgery centers.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 25, 2025

Radiation dose and image quality performance measures for CT imaging accepted by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 are "ambiguous" and need to be reconsidered, according to theAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

However, its role in addressing patient imaging-related questions remains unexplored, they added. To that end, the researchers asked ChatGPT 22 imaging-related questions deemed important to patients: safety, the radiology report, the procedure, preparation before imaging, and the meaning of terms and medical staff.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 15, 2024

The bill reduces disparities that create barriers for patients from rural and underserved communities to access and complete treatments. It implements a systematic approach to improve quality and protect patient safety through practice accreditation. It unifies payments across settings based on hospital technical payments.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

The dose catalog is based on all diagnostic fluoroscopy exams and interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed over nine years at Boston Children’s and is hoped to ensure consistency of practice and ensure patient safety, noted lead author Andy LaBella, MD, a medical physicist, and colleagues.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2023

TORONTO - Online screening for patient safety concerns prior to MR imaging effectivel. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Teleradiology workflow protocols may delay healthcare How can AI deliver ROI, reimbursement, and patient satisfaction?

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REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This course teaches practical, effective skills and strategies for adult and pediatric intubation that promote patient safety and increase provider confidence. This is the only cadaver airway course available. End of day will involve discussion of challenging airway management cases from participants and faculty.

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Open Medscience

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Regulatory radiopharmaceutical production requires strict adherence to safety standards, ensuring quality and patient safety. The post Regulatory Considerations in Radiopharmaceutical Production appeared first on Open MedScience.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 2, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 08/02/2023 - 20:01 August 2, 2023 — Intelligent Ultrasound (IU) has worked with pleural disease experts to increase respiratory training opportunities and in turn patient safety.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 27, 2024

To address CT radiation dose safety issues, in 2019 CMS invited CT researchers and experts to develop a measure that could be incorporated into its programs that use financial incentives to motivate clinicians and hospitals to improve clinical outcomes and patient safety. Smith-Bindman R, Yu S, Wang Y, et al.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It also limits remote access to scanning operations to preserve patient safety, according to Canon. The companys 360 Connect Customer Portal tool facilitates protocol adjustments, review, and session tracking.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 23, 2024

And this can negatively impact patient safety in imaging. 75% suggested reducing administrative burden, a response more prevalent than increasing compensation or reducing patient caseloads.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 17, 2024

According to the IAIGH , the HAIGS prioritizes patient safety, data security, equity, transparency, trust, and regulatory compliance. The Institute for AI Governance in Healthcare (IAIGH) has released for public comment a document it calls Healthcare AI Governance Standard (HAIGS).

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Imaging software developer Qaelum and Philips have entered a partnership focused on enhancing patient safety and optimizing healthcare workflows. The collaboration will see Qaelum's Dose radiation dose monitoring software integrated with Philips' advanced imaging systems, Qaelum said.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 5, 2024

MRI safety oversight is spotty at best, with gaps "big enough to drive a truck through," according to Tobias Gilk, founder of Gilk Radiology Consultants in Overland Park, KS, and senior vice president of Radiology-Planning in Mission, KS.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 5, 2024

In the ensuing two months , the attacker operated throughout the HSE’s IT environment, compromising servers, exfiltrating data, and moving laterally between hospitals, the authors wrote.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created new radiology patient safety electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs); these use Alara software to access data from radiology electronic health measures (EHRs). Bayer and Alara Imaging plan to collaborate on CT radiation dose software.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Those that involve patient care and patient safety are always at the top of the list. You must have the software updates; there is no getting around it, especially if they may impact patient safety and security, let alone radiologist and technologist productivity. Few, if any, do it more frequently.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Identifying and reporting discrepancies LLMs can also assist in identifying discrepancies between radiology reports and electronic health records (EHRs), and thereby improve patient safety and care, the authors wrote.

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Diagnostic Imaging

MARCH 8, 2024

Emphasizing optimal balancing of patient safety and image quality, these authors discuss the impact of the specific absorption rate and B1+rms parameters upon radiofrequency exposure with MRI exams.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Understanding the effects of radiation on patients’ health and implementing effective radiation dose management through the adoption of innovative technologies can improve imaging practices and overall patient safety.

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Atlantis Worldwide

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Due to potential patient safety concerns, Philips has announced a recall of it’s BrightView SPECT (single-photon emission computed tomography) imaging device in both the X and XCT versions.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A test of two security techniques developed at the University of Pittsburgh suggested that efforts to make medical machine-learning diagnosis models resilient to attacks could improve patient safety and prevent fraud.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

DAEC; p “The clinical application of the DAEC system represents a substantive advancement in patient safety and image precision in portable chest radiography,” the researchers noted. manual vs. 13.4, Tune in Sunday afternoon to this session for all the details.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 4, 2024

The statistic underscores a need to improve the imaging exam ordering process, particularly for CT and MR imaging, which would not only benefit patients but also radiologists, wrote a team led by Ariadne DeSimone, MD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

This has been a temporary modification of Medicare rules since 2020, but CMS has failed to make it permanent as they continue to evaluate additional information regarding potential patient safety and quality of care concerns. Radiology practices often participate in the QPP through the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

Staff operating ionizing radiation equipment in Michigan are now required to meet certain qualifications for active status and employment.

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Everything Rad

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Reading Time: 9 minutes read Carestream solutions help improve patient safety and clinical outcomes. Continue reading to learn about Carestream’s suite of solutions to help you improve patient safety and clinical outcomes.

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