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New ‘trigger tool’ scans EMRs for harms in pediatric hospitals | Clinical Innovation + Technology
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Skip to main content. New ‘trigger tool’ scans EMRs for harms in pediatric hospitals. May 21, 2015 Dave Pearson. Patients are harmed at troublingly high rates in hospitals, as evidenced by Medicare’s penalizing of one out of every seven. The good news is that the tool has worked to help identify the most common causes of harm, according to a study on the pilot project. In the June issue of. The study was led by David Stockwell, MD, of Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C. In light of that...
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Doctor-leaders favor physician accountability strongly, Obamacare slightly | Health Imaging
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Skip to main content. Doctor-leaders favor physician accountability strongly, Obamacare slightly. Aug 04, 2015 Dave Pearson. A modest majority of physicians working in positions of executive leadership, 55 percent, believe there’s more good than bad in the Affordable Care Act. A stronger proportion, 69 percent, feel doctors ought to be held accountable for both the costs and the quality of care. The groups released the findings Monday, saying more results are to follow in the coming weeks. These initial ...
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SIIM 2015: What to expect from your PACS amid growing tomosynthesis momentum | Health Imaging
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Skip to main content. SIIM 2015: What to expect from your PACS amid growing tomosynthesis momentum. Jun 23, 2015 Evan Godt. A wave of tomosynthesis adoption is coming, and practices looking to incorporate the modality must make sure their PACS doesn’t limit their viewing or workflow, according to a vendor town hall discussion at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2015 annual meeting in National Harbor, Md. While physicians are becoming more comfortable with the modality, reading works...
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Assessing the Affordable Care Act | Health Imaging
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Skip to main content. Assessing the Affordable Care Act. Aug 03, 2015 Evan Godt. Evan Godt, Editorial Director. Talk to one person and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be described as the most significant improvement to U.S. healthcare in decades. Talk to another and you may hear about how it’s a disaster for the country. A study published in. The study also showed seven million more people gained access to a personal physician due to the ACA. Surveys from both before open en...
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CT colonography—aka ‘virtual colonoscopy’—can also screen for osteoporosis | Health Imaging
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Skip to main content. CT colonography aka ‘virtual colonoscopy’ can also screen for osteoporosis. Aug 06, 2015 Dave Pearson. Close to 70 percent of aging women at risk of osteoporosis don’t bother to have their bone density checked with the current clinical standard, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Symptoms generally don’t present until the condition is serious, hip fracture being the most devastating consequence. Plus, screening programs have likely decreased as reimbursements have fallen. 084),...
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Two in one: Hybrid 3D printing integrates multiple modalities | Health Imaging
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Skip to main content. Two in one: Hybrid 3D printing integrates multiple modalities. Jun 30, 2015 Evan Godt. 3D printed heart model. Researchers have integrated CT with 3D transesophageal echocardiography (3DTEE) to create a 3D model of a patient’s heart, marking the first time multiple modalities have been combined to support 3D printing. Joseph Vettukattil, MD, co-director of the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Congenital Heart Center and senior author of the study, recently demonstrated the feasibilit...
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Partner Voice | Mammography Matters | Health Imaging
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Skip to main content. Mammography Matters: The importance of expertise and optimized IT. Sponsored by Konica Minolta - That old saying jack of all trades, master of none can be applied to medical imaging. Even the bright minds that make up the radiology workforce need focused training and years of specific experience in order to understand all the intricacies of the profession, and. Risk-based screening turns a blind eye to many breast cancers in 40-something women. Visit us at TriMedMedia.com.
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