Patient Care

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 DeliveryDigital TransformationPrecision MedicineRemote Monitoring and Telehealth.

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Radiology practices should consider screening for this concern to boost mammography compliance rates

Research has proven that certain social determinants of health—such as housing instability, costs and insurance—can impact adherence. What about food insecurity? 

Curiosity about interventional radiology is growing, but quality information for patients is lacking online

Since interventional radiology is a fairly new specialty, this information could be critical to its continued growth.

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Why practices might want to think twice before using ChatGPT to create patient education materials

"The potential for disseminating inaccurate information and the occurrence of 'hallucinations'—responses that are generated without grounding in factual data—are significant concerns,” authors of a new analysis warn.

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1st-of-its kind study unearths factors radiology providers can modify to boost cancer screening uptake

Researchers believe their analysis offers some of first evidence highlighting connections between racism and the decision to receive low-dose CT. 

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The promise and potholes of computer vision as viewed from a radiological vantage point

Radiologists are known to miss comical oddities planted in medical images. In one study conducted in 2013, 83% of rads famously missed a man in a monkey suit waving hello from inside a lung scan.

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Nearly two-thirds of consumers surveyed say they’d trust a diagnosis from AI over a human doctor

“This result indicates a significant shift in public perception and trust toward technology,” according to new survey data from consumer research firm Innerbody. 

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Authorities scold provider for failing to relay results from X-ray unearthing deadly lung cancer

An initial exam pinpointed nodules in both of a woman's lungs, but providers failed to promptly relay the results and she died months later. 

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Offering evening, weekend hours could increase compliance with breast cancer screening recommendations

This is especially true among women younger than 50 and who live in areas considered more socioeconomically disadvantaged, according to new data.

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After reviewing years of data from its clinic, one institution discovered that issues with implant data integrity frequently put patients at risk. 

Prior to the final proposal’s release, the American College of Radiology reached out to CMS to offer its recommendations on payment rates for five out of the six the new codes.

“Before these CPT codes there was no real acknowledgment of the additional burden borne by the providers who accepted these patients."

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