“Without a clear reference standard technique that optimizes patient outcomes, device selection is based on availability and physician-driven selection, which can substantially impact procedural costs,” authors of a new cost analysis in Clinical Radiology stated.
The new guidance, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, covers a variety of topics, including thoracic aortic disease, peripheral artery disease, shared decision-making and cardiac imaging.
The number of survivors as a percentage of the total population in Canada is higher than before—but as survivors live longer, they're succumbing to heart disease risks that may be treatment-related.
A three-site imaging operation in Hawaii has been turning away patients since Oct. 20 due to what its management initially described as unspecified “technical difficulties.”
The American College of Radiology is offering an initial appraisal of the rates CMS will pay next year for outpatient radiology and radiation oncology services through the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.
International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) and William Osler Health System (Osler) have signed a contract to expand their orthopaedic solution to include radiology imaging, breast imaging, and Sectra’s vendor-neutral archive (VNA), scaling into a new enterprise imaging agreement. This expansion will enable efficient workflows and collaboration to provide high-quality patient care across the Peel and North Etobicoke regions of Ontario, Canada.
Experts are calling for strategies to improve follow-up adherence among individuals who have positive lung cancer screenings after a new analysis revealed low rates of compliance.
Bhvita Jani, research manager, Signify Research, explains some key trends and technology advances in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) market leading into the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 meeting.
The University of Southern California was among the first imaging centers in the U.S. to install a 7T MRI. This high-end part of the MRI market is small and is mainly made up of academic research centers. The main MRI market is made of of 1.5T systems, but there is rising demand for 3T, which Signify Research suggests may eventually become the standard for MRI. Photo courtesy of USC.
Signify Research outlines several key technologies and trends in MRI to look for at the Radiological Society of North America 2022 meeting.
