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A high percentage of CT and MRI examinations are not meeting appropriateness criteria and subsequently yielding negative results, which suggests a need for tools to help primary care physicians hone their imaging decision requests, according to a recent article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Radiologists may be reluctant to disclose mammography errors to patients, according to the results of a survey published in the November issue of Radiology.
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle and Seattle Children’s Hospital have developed low-dose pediatric PET/CT protocols for 11 patient-weight categories, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
University of Washington researchers reported that they have developed a new kind of microscope to visualize cells in 3D, an advancement that could bring progress to the field of early cancer detection.
Written by Justine Cadet
CHICAGO—In evaluating the appropriateness of outpatient CTs and MRIs referred from primary care clinics at an academic medical center, researchers found that 26 percent do not meet appropriateness criteria, according to a paper presented Wednesday at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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Written by Mike Bassett
CHICAGO--Targeting suspicious areas of the breast with ultrasound can reduce the need for biopsies in young women, according to the findings of two studies presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Pharmacy have received $16 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to lead four research projects based on cancer genomics, cancer diagnostics, breast imaging and cancer screening.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted West Virginia University researchers $2 million over four years for its positron emission mammography (PEM)/PET system, which images the breast and helps guide biopsy of suspicious areas.
Although it has been established that patients with few primary care doctor's office visits are less likely to receive colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, new research indicates that patients who see their physicians regularly also do not receive screening, according to a study published online Feb. 3 in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention.
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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.