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 Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

Eliminating extra fee for 3D mammography bolsters utilization, though disparities persist
Experts believe this new research offers important insights as practices adopt artificial intelligence in breast imaging, often with an extra out-of-pocket fee.
AMA president warns prior authorization hurting patients, driving burnout and practice closures
American Medical Association President Bruce Scott, MD, explains the growing issues with insurance prior authorization impacting patient care and what the AMA is doing about it.
Preprocedural consults with interventional radiologists boost patient satisfaction while reducing anxiety
Researchers recently examined the benefit of these consultations, conducting a randomized clinical trial incorporating explanatory videos about IR procedures.
Fed up with patients recording their imaging exams, radiographers call for more stringent cellphone policies
This problem doesn't just affect imaging staff but all healthcare workers, one organization cautions.
FDA announces recall of interventional product that could cause ‘serious injury or death’
Vendor Centerline Biomedical recently initiated the action, removing certain IOPS (Intra-Operative Positioning System) Guidewires, used in vascular procedures, from the market.

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Efforts needed to improve interventional radiology awareness among specialists: Survey

The call to action comes from a poll of over 500 specialists at a single academic institution, published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Injuries trigger recall related to tables used during image-guided procedures

Users have identified risks related to patients falling from the Philips furniture products during transfer or position changes, the FDA said Friday.

PHOTO GALLERY: What do thyroid nodules look like on imaging

This is a collection of radiology imaging showing various presentations of thyroid nodules.

ACR hopes new quality metric could boost lung cancer screening rates to 70%

The National Committee for Quality Assurance is taking public comment on the health plan quality metric until March 13.

Urology practice joins growing number of peers hiring interventional radiologists

Urology of Virginia recently hired radiologist Yi Yang, MD, to aid in the opening of its “state of the art” new IR department.

$16.4M grant fuels creation of ‘world’s first’ mobile, whole-body CT scanner

Adelaide, Australia, vendor Micro-X is undertaking the assignment, utilizing funds from the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

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Radiologists call for action to address ‘growing suburban-urban gap’ in breast cancer detection

At Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, suburban screening sites have been quicker to recover than other outposts located in the city, experts write in Clinical Imaging.

Jessica H. Porembka, MD, FSBI, associate professor, breast imaging division University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and vice chair of strategy and quality, and quality assurance medical director, Parkland Radiology in Dallas, explains how an ultrasound-first strategy for noncalcified lesions in DBT proves cost-effective.

Ultrasound-first strategy for noncalcified lesions in DBT proves cost-effective

Jessica Porembka, MD, of the breast imaging division at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, said an ultrasound-first strategy for these lesions in DBT is cost-effective and improves efficiency.

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Cardiovascular Business

FDA-cleared software increases throughput for flurpiridaz back-to-back rest-stress imaging

The new F-18 flurpiridaz radiotracer is expected to help drive cardiac PET growth, but it requires waiting between rest and stress scans. Software from MultiFunctional Imaging can help care teams combat that problem.

Health Imaging

MRI projectile incident likely to result in a 'seven-figure sum' repair bill for hospital

News of an incident is a stark reminder that healthcare workers and patients aren’t the only ones who need to be aware around MRI suites.

Health Imaging

American College of Radiology announces significant expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Registry

The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.

Patient Care

Eliminating extra fee for 3D mammography bolsters utilization, though disparities persist

AMA president warns prior authorization hurting patients, driving burnout and practice closures

Preprocedural consults with interventional radiologists boost patient satisfaction while reducing anxiety

Fed up with patients recording their imaging exams, radiographers call for more stringent cellphone policies

FDA announces recall of interventional product that could cause ‘serious injury or death’

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