Maui Memorial Medical Center, a 214-bed acute care hospital in Wailuku, celebrated the new computed tomography machine with its imaging team on June 8.
Digital breast tomosythesis now makes up close to 50% of mammography systems in the U.S. "Tomo is going to replace just straight digital mammography simply because of the benefit of fewer recalls," explained Debra L. Monticciolo, MD.
While prior imaging studies have compared changes that occur in the brain before pregnancy and after childbirth, this latest analysis is the first to span multiple time points during the full gestational period.
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., unveiled the No Surprises Enforcement Act on Sept. 13, joined by Reps. Raul Ruiz, MD, D-Calif., and John Joyce, MD, R-Penn.
Continued declines in reimbursement and mounting administrative burdens are combining to weigh down members of the specialty, RP wrote in recent comments.
A referring physician orders an MRI of the lumbar spine and hits send. That order lands at three, sometimes four, outpatient imaging centers simultaneously. The center that contacts the patient first books the appointment. The rest miss out on the revenue.
