Emergency Radiology: Page 41

HHS takes aim at emergency imaging; calcium scores linked to mortality
By Brian Casey
April 20, 2011
HHS: Medicare overpaid for emergency imaging
By Kate Madden Yee
Medicare paid a total of $38 million in 2008 for erroneous claims for the interpretation of CT, MRI, and x-ray studies performed at hospital emergency departments, according to a report posted this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General.
April 20, 2011
Successful CD imports lead to lower image utilization
By Erik L. Ridley
Hospitals may not enjoy dealing with those ubiquitous CDs that come with patients transferred to their emergency departments. But if they can import the images into their PACS, chances are they'll probably perform fewer imaging studies, according to research published online in Radiology.
April 18, 2011
CT use for ER pediatric visits on rise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Use of CT for children who visit the emergency department has increased fivefold, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and published online April 5 in Radiology.
April 7, 2011
iPad may be able to support emergency brain CT interpretation
By Erik L. Ridley
Apple's iPad has the hardware power to support preliminary interpretation of emergency brain CT studies, but an inability of current software to access patient information and previous imaging can lead to some missed findings, according to researchers in Ireland.
March 20, 2011
MRI critical to detect stroke in young adults in ER
By Wayne Forrest
Performing MRI sooner on younger stroke patients entering emergency rooms can lower the rate of misdiagnosis and lead to faster, more appropriate treatment, according to research presented at last week's International Stroke Conference 2011 in Los Angeles.
February 13, 2011
CT alters management, cuts hospital admissions in the ED
By Eric Barnes
CT not only improves the management of abdominal pain patients in the emergency department (ED), it also reduces hospital admissions significantly while boosting diagnostic confidence, according to a new study published in the February edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 23, 2011
Rate of imaging utilization in emergency room escalates
By Kate Madden Yee
In research that confirms previous studies, a group from Thomas Jefferson University says that the rate of imaging use in U.S. emergency departments (EDs) has exploded, particularly in CT, with the modality's share of ED imaging doubling between 2000 and 2008 -- due in part to physicians practicing defensive medicine.
January 2, 2011
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ED patients more confident in diagnosis based on CT
By Eric Barnes
Emergency department (ED) patients with abdominal pain are far more confident in their diagnosis when a CT scan is used as part of their workup, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine. However, the patients knew surprisingly little about the risks of ionizing radiation.
December 13, 2010
Study finds surge in emergency department use of CT
By Kate Madden Yee
CHICAGO - The use of CT in hospital emergency departments has increased at a higher rate than in other settings, which is bad news for associated radiation exposure, according to a study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital presented at the RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2010
Brit adds to UrgentCall
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS vendor Brit Systems has added a new general emergency contacting module to its UrgentCall critical results test management systemand is introducing it at this week's RSNA meeting in Chicago.
November 27, 2010
iPhone can aid in triage of head injury patients
By Erik L. Ridley
Digital photographs of CT images taken with an iPhone can be used to predict the need to transfer patients with head injuries, preventing unnecessary patient transfers and reducing healthcare costs, according to research from Florida.
November 18, 2010
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