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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center


Ultrasound society issues consensus statement for ovarian cyst management

Industry News | Thursday, September 02 2010
The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) has released a consensus statement regarding the management of ovarian and other adnexal cysts imaged sonographically in asymptomatic women, which appears in the September edition of Radiology.
 

Aspect Magnet nets compact MRI installs

Contracts & Installations | Tuesday, August 31 2010
Aspect Magnet Technologies has completed multiple installations of its deskside, compact M2 MRI systems for use in preclinical imaging.
 

Boston IDN retrofits with InterSystems' Ensemble

Contracts & Installations | Monday, June 21 2010
CareGroup Healthcare System, a Boston-based integrated delivery network (IDN) comprised of four hospitals, has selected InterSystems’ Ensemble integration and development platform to replace its eGate platform for throughout the organization.
 

AHRQ allocates $25M to evaluate patient safety, medical liability

Industry News | Monday, June 14 2010
The Department of Health & Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is distributing demonstration and planning grants totaling $25 million to support efforts by states and health systems to implement and evaluate patient safety approaches and medical liability reforms.
 

Panel weighs pros and cons of meaningful use, needs more media attention

Top Stories | Friday, April 30 2010
BOSTON--The news media are not paying enough attention to the vital health IT components of healthcare reform, said Paul Tang, MD, vice president and CMIO of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Calif.
 

Health Affairs: IFR needs more specification, Halamka says

Industry News | Tuesday, April 13 2010
The government needs to play a stronger role in establishing a firm foundation for meaningful use for commercial interests to flourish, according to John D. Halamka, MD, CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, in an opinion article in the April edition of Health Affairs.
 

NEJM: Patient/physician dynamic changing due to internet

Industry News | Friday, March 26 2010
The internet has had profound effects on healthcare by putting access equally in the hands of patients and physicians, thereby redefining their roles, according to an opinion article published in the March 25 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
 

HIMSS: InterSystems provides platform for NHIN standards-based HIE demo

Conference News | Friday, March 05 2010
ATLANTA—InterSystems participated in a demonstration that simulated state-to-state health information exchange (HIE) for the duration of the HIMSS10 conference this week.
 

Driving with the Digital Dashboard Lights On

Cover Story | Tuesday, February 02 2010
Written by Jeff Byers
Recent requirements from the Joint Commission and the American College of Radiology (ACR) add to the growing number of quality demands being placed upon radiology departments. In an increasingly complex regulatory and financial environment, comprehensive quality management processes are essential. The digital dashboard holds the answers to today’s problems—if you only you dare to fully utilize them.
 

AJR: Patient characteristics may serve as image quality predictors of CT scans

Clinical Studies | Tuesday, December 22 2009
Image quality of multi-detector CT scans, when utilized for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery stenosis, can be significantly associated with patient characteristics, including ethnicity, body mass index, heart rate and the presence of breathing artifact, but not with coronary artery calcium (CAC) score at a patient level, based on a study in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
 

JNM: Molecular imaging effective for diagnosing pulmonary embolism

Clinical Studies | Tuesday, December 01 2009
Research published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine suggests that SPECT, when combined with low-dose CT, can provide an accurate diagnosis for pulmonary embolism.
 

RSNA: Techs prep to embrace future of molecular imaging

Conference News | Tuesday, December 01 2009
Written by Lisa Fratt
CHICAGO--Molecular imaging is here to stay, posed David Gilmore, MS, CNMT, program of director nuclear medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Yet, molecular imaging continues to evolve and impact the technologist. Gilmore peered into the crystal ball to help techs better understand the coming molecular imaging revolution and its impact on them during a Tuesday morning educational session at the annual 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting.
 

Radiology: Only PA view needed for tuberculosis screening

Clinical Studies | Friday, September 25 2009
A single posteroanterior (PA) view is sufficient for tuberculosis screening of individuals with positive purified protein derivative skin test results, according to a study in the September issue of Radiology.
 

Radiology: Posteroanterior view sufficient for tuberculosis screening

Clinical Studies | Friday, September 04 2009
In a pre-employment health setting, eliminating the lateral radiographs in the screening of patients with positive purified protein derivative results would substantially reduce radiation exposure without adversely affecting patient care, according to a study in this month’s Radiology.
 

Health IT group approves ‘meaningful use' standards, quality measures

Top Stories | Thursday, July 23 2009
The Health IT Standards Committee approved measures that healthcare providers must put in place by 2011 and delivered a roadmap for future work on July 21.
 

Patients willing to forgo some health IT privacy for availability

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, May 20 2009
A qualitative study conducted by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston revealed that patients want full access to all of their medical records; are willing to make some privacy concessions in the interest of making their medical records completely transparent; and expect that computers may one day substitute for face-to-face doctor visits.
 

Report: More states should tap into VA software for EMR adoption

Industry News | Monday, May 04 2009
West Virginia has created a paperless records system for its state-run hospitals and nursing homes by using an EMR system built by the Veterans Administration (VA) with taxpayer dollars, saving millions in software licensing fees charged by commercial software vendors, according to the Boston Globe.
 

Google Health stumbles over insurance claims data

Top Stories | Monday, April 27 2009
Insurance data used by online personal health records such as Google's and Microsoft's are prone to inaccuracies, due to the diagnostic coding language or due to mislabeling.
 

MRI is preferable to CT when imaging pregnant patients with appendicitis

Clinical Studies | Friday, March 27 2009
For pregnant patients clinically suspected of having acute appendicitis, use of MRI yields favorable combinations of negative laparotomy rate and perforation rate compared with previously reported values, according to a study in the March issue of Radiology.
 

AJR: Voxel analysis could quantify total plaque burden, actual volume

Clinical Studies | Tuesday, February 24 2009
Voxel analysis can be used for accurate and reproducible quantification not only of plaque burden but also of actual plaque volume, according to a study in the March issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.
 
Web Exclusives

Feature: U.S. needs national strategy to curb imaging overutilization

Medical imaging overutilization--a growing concern in the U.S.--exposes patients to unnecessary radiation, while also adding to rising healthcare costs, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Radiology. In an interview, William R. Hendee, PhD, lead author, reviewed various methods by which medical imaging could be curtailed.

Radiology: Prelim study shows CE breast CT outperforms CT, mammo

Dedicated contrast-enhanced (CE) breast CT delivered significantly improved conspicuity of malignant breast lesions, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), compared with unenhanced breast CT and mammography, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

Radiology: Rad role may evolve as image-guided biopsies trend up

CT, ultrasound and MRI have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward image-guided percutaneous techniques, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology. The trend toward less-invasive approaches translates into enhanced safety and efficiency and could lead to more interaction between patients and radiologists.

CMS Webinar: Incentive payments to offset EHR adoption, not reimburse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR incentive payments are not considered reimbursement for money expended on EHR technology, but are intended to offset the cost associated with adoption and ongoing meaningful use, according to CMS during an Aug. 12 webinar.

CMS webinar: Eligible professionals can expect EHR incentives in 2011

Funding incentives for EHR use is the main goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) meaningful use initiative, and there are incentive programs for both hospitals and eligible professionals, according to Elizabeth Holland, health insurance specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke during a CMS-sponsored webinar Aug. 8.

Webinar: Stage 1 of meaningful use is for quality reporting acclimation

Stage 1 requirements for meaningful use incentives aim to strike a balance between the overall goal of EHR use and widespread adoption, while avoiding added work, said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Elsevier Health Services, during a HIMSS webinar titled “Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care.”

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