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ATLANTA—InterSystems participated in a demonstration that simulated state-to-state health information exchange (HIE) for the duration of the HIMSS10 conference this week.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Multidetector CT (MDCT) scans are highly accurate in detecting airway stent complications according to a recent study performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston and published this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CHICAGO—Nuclear medicine has grown tremendously in the last 15 years, creating the need for a new clinical specialty—nuclear medicine advanced associates, said David Gilmore, program director school of nuclear medicine technology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Gilmore presented at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Multidetector CT (MDCT) scans are highly accurate in detecting airway stent complications according to a recent study performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston and published this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.