Quality

The focus of quality improvement in healthcare is to bolster performance and processes related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Leaders in this space also ensure the proper selection of imaging exams and procedures, and monitor the safety of services, among other duties. Reimbursement programs such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) utilize financial incentives to improve quality. This also includes setting and maintaining care quality initiatives, such as the requirements set by the Joint Commission.

How reading imaging exams on a mobile device affects accuracy

Time is brain, as the famous saying goes, when treating acute stroke patients. And radiologists can often save time for those patients by reading their imaging studies on mobile devices—smartphones or laptop computers, for instance—instead of a traditional workstation.

May 7, 2019

Radiopharmaceuticals earn high marks for treating malignant neuroendocrine tumors

Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is an effective long-term treatment option for patients with malignant neuroendocrine tumors, according to a 12-year clinical study published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

April 30, 2019

How the screening method impacts survival outcomes for patients with DCIS

Patients with screening-detected ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who were screened with mammography and ultrasound (US) have similar disease-free survival (DFS) rates, according to a new study published in Radiology.

April 30, 2019
EHR-EMR

Survey explores reporting preferences of radiologists, referring physicians

Radiologists and referring physicians prefer it when multipart CT scans are read by a single specialist instead of numerous subspecialists, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

April 25, 2019
Tablet projecting metaphorical medical hologram

4 ways virtual, augmented reality could change radiology forever

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies have the potential to dramatically change healthcare and could impact the practice of radiology in a number of ways.

April 17, 2019

How DBT can provide additional value during breast cancer staging

Using digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in addition to digital mammography (DM) can help providers identify additional lesions in patients with known breast cancers, according to a new study published in Radiology.

April 10, 2019
Manisha Bahl, MD, MPH

Older women benefit from breast cancer screening with DBT

Breast cancer screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) provides significant value to older women, according to a new study published in Radiology.

April 2, 2019

DBT, synthetic mammography an accurate pairing that can lower radiation dose

The combination of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and synthetic 2D mammography is as accurate as DBT and full-field digital mammography (FFDM), according to new findings published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. It also exposes the patient to much less radiation.

March 27, 2019

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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