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How radiology practices can help create a greener world
By Amerigo Allegretto
Medical imaging is a resource-intensive field, but radiology practices can proactively create a more sustainable environment by reducing the amount of energy and waste produced every day, researchers suggested in an article published September 13 in Academic Radiology.
September 15, 2022
2021 11 10 18 37 8533 Business Green Environment World 400
'Pink October' gets women to breast screening in Brazil
By Amerigo Allegretto
Are public awareness campaigns truly effective in getting women to attend breast screening? Experience from Brazil suggests they are, as the country's "Pink October" campaign grew mammography screening volumes by up to 39%, a Brazilian study has found.
September 12, 2022
2019 10 16 16 06 7264 Brazil Flag 400
Low-value care occurs less often in Medicare Advantage plans
By Kate Madden Yee
Patients covered by the Medicare Advantage program appear to have lower rates of low-value healthcare -- including medical imaging exams -- compared to traditional Medicare, according to a study published September 9 in JAMA Health Forum.
September 8, 2022
2019 07 31 17 01 7432 Medicare Puzzle 400
Insurance coverage for prostate MRI is inconsistent across the U.S.
By Kate Madden Yee
Insurance coverage for prostate MRI is inconsistent across the U.S., which may contribute to unequal access to the technology for patients, according to a study published September 7 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 8, 2022
2021 07 09 15 14 8529 Mri Prostate 400
Report: Black people historically received higher radiation doses
By Will Morton
Black people historically received higher x-ray radiation doses due to mistaken racial beliefs about their body habitus and skin color, and it was common practice as late as 1968 to set higher radiation dose levels for Black patients, authors wrote in a September 7 article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
September 6, 2022
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Top news stories in radiology for August 2022
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
What were the top news stories in radiology for August 2022? At the top of the list was our article on the passing of Dr. Raymond Damadian, considered by many to be the father of MRI. Two articles on CT were also widely read, one on the modality's growing use in the emergency department and another on CT lung screening.
September 4, 2022
2022 09 01 16 18 1822 Calendar August 2022 400
Digital scheduling tools may widen breast cancer disparities
By Amerigo Allegretto
Being too reliant on digital tools for tasks such as patient scheduling can heighten healthcare disparities seen in breast cancer screening, suggests a study published August 30 in Radiology.
September 1, 2022
2016 09 15 16 37 49 921 Mammogram Calendar 400
Unseen side of imaging: Compassion fatigue, moral injury, and PTSD
By Stefanie Manack and Judy Zakutny
The endurance of the human body, mind, and spirit is amazing. It's what allows us to continue to perform our roles and responsibilities, to a point -- but we all have a breaking point. Stefanie Manack and Judy Zakutny of 3DR Labs explain how this is affecting radiologic technologists.
August 30, 2022
2021 02 17 00 32 5990 Doctor Nurse Stressed Mask 400
DEXA raises concern over exposure to chemicals in pregnant women
By Will Morton
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) exams suggest that in utero exposure to synthetic manufacturing chemicals may weaken the bone health of adolescents later in life, according to a study published August 26 in Science of the Total Environment.
August 28, 2022
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CMS officially postpones changes to radiation therapy payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule that indefinitely delays the start of an alternative payment model that would have radically changed federal payments for radiation oncology procedures.
August 24, 2022
2020 07 01 22 14 2802 Washington Dc Capitol 400
Hispanic ethnicity underreported in breast cancer studies
By Amerigo Allegretto
Hispanic ethnicity is reported in less than half of breast cancer studies and less than one-third of such studies categorize race and ethnicity into mutually exclusive groups, a study published August 25 in JAMA Oncology found.
August 24, 2022
2018 05 09 23 07 2005 Patient Hispanic 400
Canadian health system opens review of mammography exams
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A health system in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has notified the provincial government that it is opening a review of mammography exams performed in the system for signs of "diagnostic discrepancies."
August 22, 2022
2021 10 21 20 23 8903 Mammography Tech Woman 400
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