Of the sites that have digital mammography units, 86% indicate that primary diagnosis is done using soft copy only (e.g., filmless, done using the image monitor) and 14% say that primary diagnosis is also done using film. This 86% is comprised of 76% that indicate hard-copy films are made for other purposes at least some of the time, and 10% that indicate hard-copy films are not used at all. The top two purposes for which hard copy films are made are to "provide films to referral physicians" and to "provide films to patients."
Based on responses to IMV's 2008 Mammography Center Survey of U.S. Hospitals and Nonhospitals.
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