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Head CT Not Always Necessary in ED

Diagnostic Imaging Staff
News | January 29, 2015 | CT
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Head CTs may not always be necessary for patients who present to the emergency department with complaints of dizziness or syncope.

Radiology Isn’t Alone In Commoditization

Whitney L.J. Howell
January 29, 2015 | Practice Management, Healthcare Reform, Reimbursement
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Radiology continues to be threatened by commoditization, but it’s also a threat looming for health care as a whole.

Report of Decreased Growth in ED Imaging

Diagnostic Imaging Staff
News | January 28, 2015 | CT, Imaging Center, MRI
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Decreases in imaging growth and CT/MRI use in the ED can be achieved.

Why The PACS Workflow Isn’t Working

Liza Haar
January 28, 2015 | RSNA 2014, Imaging Center, Meaningful Use, PACS and Informatics, Practice Management
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In the conventional radiology workflow, there is a lot of data that radiologists aren’t seeing.

Targeted MR/US Biopsies Detect More High-Risk Prostate Cancer

Diagnostic Imaging Staff
News | January 27, 2015 | Interventional Radiology, MRI, Ultrasound
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Targeted biopsies using MRI and ultrasound detect more high-risk prostate cancer.

Elbow Swelling After Trauma

Harpreet Singh, MD
Case Studies | January 27, 2015 | CT, Digital X-Ray, MRI, Molecular Imaging, Musculoskeletal Imaging, PET CT
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Case History: 22-year-old patient presented with complaint of swelling of elbow for six months following trauma.

Micro Dose Gets FDA Nod For Pediatric Imaging

Diagnostic Imaging Staff
News | January 26, 2015 | Low Dose, Pediatric Imaging
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The FDA has cleared Micro Dose by EOS imaging, a low dose option now available on EOS equipment.

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Case Studies

Elbow Swelling After Trauma

Harpreet Singh, MD
Case Studies | January 27, 2015 | CT, Digital X-Ray, MRI, Molecular Imaging, Musculoskeletal Imaging, PET CT
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Case History: 22-year-old patient presented with complaint of swelling of elbow for six months following trauma.

Difficulty Opening Mouth

Harpreet Singh, MD
Case Studies | January 20, 2015 | CT
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Case History: 10-year-old male child presents with six-month history of difficulty opening mouth.

Tonic-Clonic Seizures

Siddharth Thaker, MBBS
Nandini Bahri, MD
Ketan Rathod, MD
Case Studies | January 12, 2015 | CT, Contrast Agents, MRI
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Case History: 36-year-old Asian male presented with complaints of a first episode of generalized tonic-clonic convulsions

From Physicians Practice

DOJ Fines Physicians for Fraud Schemes

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA
Blog | January 29, 2015
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The recent imposition of penalties by the DOJ in two instances should cause physicians to re-evaluate their policies and practices.

Defensible Medicine Slashes Malpractice Premiums

James Doulgeris
Blog | January 29, 2015
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Defensive medicine makes it more likely that you will be sued. Defensible medicine? Now, that puts you on malpractice insurers’ "A" lists. Here's how.

New Surgical Coding Modifiers Replace Modifier -59

Betsy Nicoletti
Pearl | January 28, 2015
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Over the summer CMS added four new modifiers that will require a much greater degree of specification when coding surgical procedures.

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