AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Editor's note: As part of the celebration of AuntMinnie.com's upcoming 25th anniversary, we're presenting 25 for 25 -- a series featuring our most popular content for each of the last 25 years. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. MRI safety articles have always been popular with our members, so it’s not surprising that our top article in 2019 reported on a safety incident in Sweden.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Researchers examined the brains of bilingual and monolingual people using fMRI, only to find improved communication between isolated regions in those who learn a second language at a young age.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The world’s richest man asked patients and providers to try submitting scans to his company’s artificial intelligence product for further analysis.

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ScienceDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Researchers have developed a compact, wearable ultrasound device that monitors muscle activity. Attachable to the skin with an adhesive and powered by a small battery, the device wirelessly captures high-resolution images of muscle movements, enabling continuous, long-term monitoring. When worn on the rib cage, it effectively monitored diaphragm function for respiratory health assessments.

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Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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Professional Radiology

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Mammograms are a crucial diagnostic tool that helps doctors detect early signs of breast cancer and other breast-related issues. However, many patients have concerns about radiation exposure and the potential risks involved. The truth is mammograms are generally safe when used properly, and the amount of radiation you’re exposed to is minimal. Medical professionals take necessary precautions to ensure patient safety and modern imaging technology continues to minimize radiation levels.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas and Quinsite are entering a partnership that will integrate Quinsite’s Comprehensive Healthcare Analytics platform into Konica's Exa platform. Through this partnership, Exa users can apply advanced analytics to clinical, financial, and operational data, generating real-time insights into metrics such as physician productivity, patient flow, and billing accuracy.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Screening among younger women has been steadily rising for years. Consequently, so have cancer rates among the population.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 22, 2024

“This increase in workload could impact the time available to dedicate to teaching the next generation of radiologists and has additional implications regarding burnout,” one expert noted.

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MRI Network

OCTOBER 28, 2024

If it seems like recruiting at your company is getting more and more challenging, you’re not alone. A January 2024 survey found that 77% of HR professionals reported difficulty recruiting in the prior 12 months. Whether it’s navigating a talent shortage or landing great candidates with multiple job offers, most companies could use a recruiting advantage.

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Patient-centric scheduling can only be achieved through optimized radiology workflows, effective communications between staff and physicians, and, of course, through specialized schedulers. In this guide, we’ll take you through a step-by-step process to transform your radiology center into a high-performance hub of medical imaging.

Radiology

Ben White

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The radiologist shortage is definitely here. There are different ways to approach the market, and balancing short-term vs long-term plays is nontrivial. Leverage is great, but using too much can amplify negative downstream second-order consequences too. What’s happening now varies and what will happen is anyone’s guess, but this anonymous op-ed “ Radiologists need to be realistic about the job market ” is absolutely worth reading. …Hospitals quite literally cannot o

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Healthcare Administrative Partners

OCTOBER 28, 2024

We covered the major points of the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule when it came out in July, but while we’re waiting for the Final Rule to be published later in the year let’s look at another provision in the MPFS that we’ve been watching – the locality-specific payment adjustment known as the Geographic Practice Cost Index (GPCI).

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Who made it to the final round in the 2024 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com 's event recognizing excellence in radiology? See below to find out who our expert panelists selected as the final candidates in this year's event. The Minnies finalists were drawn from over 200 candidates across 15 categories. You can also view a full list of candidates based on nominations from our members.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 21, 2024

By binding the substance to a radiotracer, experts were able to improve the accuracy of identifying of these tumors by as much as 30% compared to the standard of care.

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About 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and patients are getting younger. At the same time, the cost of treatment continues to rise, with employers spending 8.5% more on cancer care for each employee than they did last year. The best thing employers can do for their employees and business tomorrow is to invest in cancer detection and care today.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Roger Marshall, MD, R-Kan., introduced the companion version of the Find It Early Act over a year after the House bill was proposed.

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Aidoc

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The intent to build the BRIDGE Guideline was recently announced at HLTH. This guideline aims to reshape how healthcare systems approach AI integration at scale. It will focus on addressing long-standing challenges like system fragmentation and scalability, providing a comprehensive roadmap that helps healthcare organizations fully unlock AI’s potential.

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Ben White

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Henrik Karlsson, from “ Scraping training data for your mind ,” on the need for the right kind of information to learn new skills: [You] want the input you observe to be as closely connected to a practice as possible. You want to see the process, not just the results. The results are often misleading. If you are a musician looking at successful bands, you might get the impression that you need to make music videos to succeed, whereas, in fact, a video only makes sense after you have

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Damage to the brainstem—the brain's 'control center'—is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe COVID-19 infection, a study suggests.

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Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Telix Pharmaceuticals has entered an agreement to add Subtle Medical’s AI software for enhancing prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET prostate cancer scans to its product portfolio. SubtlePET is a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared deep-learning algorithm designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of imaging procedures, Telix said.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 25, 2024

New research suggests that individuals who report even moderate sleep disturbances show accelerated brain age on imaging compared to their peers who have overall healthy sleep habits.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Leaders from 31 different radiology societies recently met to discuss the specialty's biggest problems, offering solutions in a newly published analysis.

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Aidoc

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The theme at HLTH 2024 was clear: disruption, but this time it’s coming from within health systems, not just from big tech and consumer brands. From new business models to AI implementation and skills-focused recruitment, here are four insights and major announcements that got people talking. Disruption is Coming from Within Health Systems Greg Adams, Chair and CEO at Kaiser Permanente, outlined the strategy behind Risant Health, a venture launched in 2023 to challenge traditional healthcare mod

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Explore the latest insights from the American Cancer Society's “Cancer Statistics 2024” report, which unveils multiple alarming trends in cancer data. Cancer is on the rise among young adults, and diagnoses for 6 of the 10 most common cancers are escalating. With over 2 million new cancer cases projected in the U.S. this year, employers face increased challenges when it comes to supporting employees.

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Ben White

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Some passages on what makes a job “good” from The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt: Psychologists have referred to this basic need as a need for competence, industry, or mastery. [Psychologist Robert] White called it the “effectance motive,” which he defined as the need or drive to develop competence through interacting with and controlling one’s environment.

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ScienceDaily

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A new study showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening over six months. The result strengthens the current understanding of the link between activity and back pain as well as the mechanisms related to back pain.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Ultrasound equipment supplier Redstone Healthcare has acquired Ingmed, a Honduras-based medical equipment company. The acquisition expands Redstone's global reach and customer base in Central and South America, it said. Ingmed’s ultrasound, patient monitoring, and defibrillator repair expertise will complement Redstone's technical capabilities and product portfolio, according to the firm.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 2, 2024

According to new survey data, nonadherence is not for lack of concern about the disease—75% of the women surveyed reported being concerned about their breast health.

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As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?