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Medical imaging incident reporting system could boost patient safety
From doctors who don't follow imaging protocols to hospitals that cut radiology staffing corners to save money , the dangers of radiation overexposure continue to dog healthcare. Researchers writing
Unnecessary imaging for cancer patients persists
The threat of legal liability is a likely contributor to continued orders for unnecessary imaging tests, according to researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Radiology who
Report: Pricing, technology to blame for high U.S. healthcare costs
High prices and technology costs are what are driving skyrocketing healthcare costs in the U.S., not high utilization rates, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund. One major factor is
Combined medical scans used to predict heart attack risk
Positron emission tomography (PET) technology combined with computed tomography (CT) technology could help doctors to predict a patient's risk of having a heart attack with more accuracy, according
Interoperability, planning key to 'filmless' medical imaging transition
Officials at hospitals and healthcare organizations planning to eliminate the use of films in medical imaging tests should get their ducks in a row before proceeding, as the transition hardly is an
Fewer lab tests sought by docs with HIE access
Physicians who had access to a health information exchange (HIE) ordered fewer lab tests for patients with prior test results after the HIE was formed than they did previously, according to a new
CT scan use varies greatly between docs in same ED
Researchers at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston have found that CT scan use, specifically for the head, varies greatly in a single emergency department setting, according to a study set for
Mostashari: Study on e-access and medical imaging doesn't get all the facts
National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, M.D., wrote a scathing post Tuesday on the Health IT Buzz blog in response to the study published this week in Health Affairs that concluded that
Medical imaging 'mega-cloud' in the works
Efforts to create a medical imaging mega-cloud are in the works, according to an article published this week in The Register. Researchers at Peake Healthcare Innovations (a collaborative venture
Proposed federal budget increases ONC spend to $66M
Spending for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal 2013 budget increases $5 million, bring the total up to more than $66 million. That
