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This page includes news coverage of various aspects of patient healthcare, including new technology innovations, what is working, what is not, personalized medicine and remote and telemedicine delivery. Find specific news in the areas of Care Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

IAEA: When selecting medical imaging equipment, don’t assume ‘new’ means ‘low dose’
Advanced imaging equipment using ionizing radiation enters the global market at the rate of one new technology every five years.
For radiology trainees eager to serve the less fortunate, home is where the need is
Radiology residents are no slackers when it comes to “giving back.” However, many seem to believe they must travel abroad to find medically underserved populations in serious need of charitable medical care.
CDC sounds the alarm on key factor keeping women from undergoing mammography
The new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study included over 117,000 women with many unable to make their appointment for varying reasons.
American College of Radiology adds 6 new topics to its influential imaging appropriateness criteria
The update covers scenarios such as thoracic back pain (where imaging usually isn't appropriate) and penetrating torso trauma (which sometimes requires X-rays or CT).
Increased imaging utilization an ‘underrecognized’ facet of America’s substance use epidemic
On average, imaging costs per patient were almost 300% higher in the substance-use cohort, experts detailed in Academic Radiology.

The 5-minute MRI: AI algorithm reduces scan times by 57% while maintaining image quality

The decrease in duration allows for more examinations in the same timeframe, enhances patient comfort and reduces the chance of image distortion.

March 12, 2024

A medical professional trained to manage contrast reactions should be on-site at any imaging facilities doing contrast studies to maintain patient safety, according to a an updated statement from the American College of Radiology. The ACR has released the latest edition of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria, which includes 221 diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology topics with more than 1,050 clinical variants covering 2,900 clinical scenarios. #ACR #AUC #appropriateuse

ACR updates requirements for on-site staff overseeing contrast administration

A clinician trained to manage reactions should be on-site at any imaging facilities doing contrast studies to maintain patient safety.

March 1, 2024

2024 has been a banner year for structural heart treatments, especially those focused on the tricuspid valve. In February, for example, Edwards Lifesciences made history when its Evoque transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) system became the first device of its kind to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for treating tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Two months later, Abbott’s TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system also gained FDA approval for the treatment of TR.

Cardiac imaging use is skyrocketing, and radiologists are rising to the challenge

Over the course of a decade, the number of CT exams leapt 353% by 2022, while MRI climbed nearly 283%, researchers detailed Wednesday.

February 29, 2024

Hologic breast care devices could cause life-threatening complications, FDA warns

UPDATED: BioZorb is FDA cleared for the radiographic marking of soft tissue sites for future procedures such as radiation therapy.

February 28, 2024

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Over 134,000 US cancer cases went undiagnosed during COVID-19 pandemic’s peak

Cancers of the prostate (17%), female breast (13%), and lung (12%) accounted for the largest share of the tally, experts noted.

February 23, 2024

$Examples of the messages the Nanox AI algorithms display for incidental findings of spinal compression fractures and detection of coronary calcium. Both can help physicians better understand risk factors or need for therapy in patients through these types of opportunistic screenings on scans being performed for other reasons.$

Routine chest CT often reveals patients at risk for cardiovascular disease, presenting radiology with ‘untapped’ potential

Rads only reported this incidental finding in about 31% to 44% of cases, experts detailed in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

February 20, 2024

Annual mammography beginning at 40 reduces breast cancer mortality by 42%, new data show

"I am hoping that primary care physicians see that risks of screening are manageable, and the benefits are tremendous," said Dartmouth's Debra L. Monticciolo, MD.

February 20, 2024

Prominent radiology practice accused of refusing imaging services to wheelchair user

The dispute dates to August, when Suzanne Garraffa first contacted Connecticut-based Jefferson Radiology seeking X-rays.

February 16, 2024

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Medicare drops AUC requirement for advanced imaging, ASNC celebrates

"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

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Cardiology, radiology groups urge insurance provider to rethink imaging policy

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound.

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Radiology AI company gains FDA clearance for new CT offerings focused on PE, stroke

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

Patient Care

IAEA: When selecting medical imaging equipment, don’t assume ‘new’ means ‘low dose’

For radiology trainees eager to serve the less fortunate, home is where the need is

CDC sounds the alarm on key factor keeping women from undergoing mammography

American College of Radiology adds 6 new topics to its influential imaging appropriateness criteria

Increased imaging utilization an ‘underrecognized’ facet of America’s substance use epidemic

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