When patients are asked how they prefer to receive radiology results—either from their referring physician or directly from the radiologist—they seem to want things both ways. A recent survey has shown that about three quarters of patients prefer to hear results through the traditional model, from the referring physician, but a nearly equal proportion expect their results to come from the experts at image interpretation, according to a study published in the June issue of Academic Radiology.
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound may complement CT angiography surveillance of patients following endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) and help curb the risk of kidney toxicity, according to a study published online May 15 in Radiology.
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Laxative-free CT colonography (CTC) provided reasonable accuracy in the detection of adenomas 10 mm or larger and improved patient comfort compared with optical colonoscopy, according to a study published May 15 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Emergency physicians at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania reduced abdominal CT scans approximately 10 percent after implementing an electronic accountability tool in the EMR and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, according to a study presented May 11 at the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
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Are state level health information exchanges already obsolete before sprinting out of the gates? Chris Dimick, writer at AHIMA, poses the question in an article published in Journal of the American Health Information Management Association.
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