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Structured reporting is coming; the devil's in the details
How much structure is enough for structured radiology reports? That was the question asked at an RSNA meeting session, where a panel of technology evangelists and session attendees agreed that while more user-friendly structured reporting software would stimulate adoption, the technology behind it doesn't exist yet.
January 28, 2010
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
NY Times article details radiation therapy errors
While cancer patients are undergoing radiation therapy intended to cure them, serious mistakes may be made, all attributable to failure by medical staff to follow detailed, established quality assurance protocols, according to an article published January 24 in the New York Times.
January 25, 2010
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January 24, 2010
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
Hospitals may influence decisions for prostate cancer treatment
Cancer patients who are treated in county hospitals are more likely to receive surgical treatment than patients at private hospitals, which had higher rates of using radiation therapy-based treatment, according to an article published online in the January 25 issue of Cancer.
January 24, 2010
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U.S. senator probes hospitals about healthcare IT issues
A U.S. senator has sent a letter to 31 hospitals requesting feedback about problems with their healthcare IT systems and asking them to report reticence or failure by healthcare IT vendors to promptly fix problems with HIT software.
January 24, 2010
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
Combined treatments improve inoperable cervical cancer outcomes
Providing both chemotherapy and radiation therapy to women with locally advanced cervical cancer improves their chances of survival, according to a new report from the Cochrane Collaboration.
January 21, 2010
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
New guidelines issued for treatment of brain metastases
The most effective treatment for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases is either surgical resection or stereotactic radiosurgery followed by whole-brain radiation, according to new evidence-based guidelines issued by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology.
January 19, 2010
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
VA responds to NRC report on brachytherapy violations
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has responded to a report issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on treatment errors in the prostate cancer brachytherapy program at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) between 2002 and 2008.
January 17, 2010
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Bone fractures in infants with rickets differ from child-abuse injuries
When an infant or toddler is diagnosed with a bone fracture, is the injury the result of an accident, child abuse, or an old disease such as rickets making a comeback in modern society? Radiography can help radiologists make the distinction.
January 17, 2010
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X-ray scatter radiation risk is low to NICU infants
Premature infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are not exposed to radiation scatter as long as incubators (also known as isolettes) are spaced at least 2 ft (93 cm) from each other, according to a report published online in Pediatric Radiology.
January 11, 2010
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By Kate Madden Yee
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Medicare finalizes 2025 Fee Schedule cut
By Sandy Coffta
In a new column, Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners assesses how the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule will impact radiology.
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By Kate Madden Yee
Nonphysician practitioners' share of imaging interpretation in office-based medical practices has more than doubled over the past decade.
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Nomogram model predicts malignancy risk in ovarian masses
By Amerigo Allegretto
A nomogram model based on O-RADS ultrasound findings and clinical and lab indicators can predict malignancy risk in adnexal cystic-solid masses.
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PET links chronic stress to aggressive endometrial cancer
By Will Morton
Brain activity related to chronic stress may be associated with the aggressiveness of tumors in women with endometrial cancer.
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Head CT offers insight into old strokes
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Incidental discovery of old strokes on head CT imaging offers clinicians an opportunity to put measures against future strokes into place.
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