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CT-Scan

Friday, April 30, 2021

Sealing the Leaky Revenue Bucket in Small...

No-show patients and cancellations cost the health care system $150 billion a year, according to a study from SCI Solutions. Nationwide, no-show patients and cancellation rates are as high as 30%, and when each 60-minute time slot with a physician...

Anxiousness

Friday, April 23, 2021

Incomplete Scans and Lost Revenue in MRI

MRI’s are an important diagnostic tool. They can differentiate between fat, water, muscle, and other soft tissue to help detect abnormalities of the brain, heart, breast, liver, and joints to name a few. So, when patients are prescribed an MRI exam...

Clinical Aromatherapy

Friday, January 15, 2021

Helping Anxious Patients Cope with MRI Exams

It’s not uncommon to hear people speak of being anxious about having to undergo an MRI scan. In fact, it is estimated that up to 5% of the United States population suffers from some sort of claustrophobia. That equates to just over 16 million...

CT-Scan

Friday, October 30, 2020

Current Trends in Small Bowel Imaging

Enterography studies (in MRI and CT) are a specialized tool for a specific patient population. While it can be used to diagnose problems such as bleeding, inflammation, and obstructions, it is predominantly used to diagnose small bowel diseases....

Communicating Areas of Concern

Friday, September 25, 2020

Choosing the Ideal Localization Marker in MRI

MRI scans can be used to examine almost any part of the body including bones and joints, the heart and blood vessels, and internal organs like the liver. The results of the scans can be used to help diagnose conditions, plan treatments, and...

CT-Scan

Monday, August 24, 2020

How Much Does Motion Artifact Cost in...

Artifact is a hurdle imaging departments avoid if possible and for good reason. Artifact could compromise a study, make an accurate diagnosis difficult to obtain, or create the appearance of a false positive. In a retrospective study, radiologists...

CT-Scan

Friday, July 17, 2020

How One Tool Can Affect Motion Artifact,...

Using the right tool can impact the whole job.You don’t use a hammer where you need a saw. And you don’t use duct tape when you should be using a nail. Using the right tool ensures a job well done, whereas using the wrong tool could mean the start of...

CT-Scan

Friday, May 15, 2020

Small Bowel Enterography: Protocols of the...

When radiologists introduce a new procedure into their institution, or they want to improve an existing protocol, it’s common practice to turn to those that live and breathe that procedure for advice. To that end, in 2014, the Society of Abdominal...

CT-Scan

Friday, April 10, 2020

Help Mitigate Pathogenic Spread Between...

With heightened awareness of pathogenic spread and the call for social distancing, we are being reminded daily that direct contact is not the only way to infect people; indirect contact is another. This is especially true in healthcare. Indirect...

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