Phil Galewitz

Regulatory
Trump administration hits brakes on law to curb unneeded Medicare CT scans, MRIs
The U.S. Congress passed a law in 2014 to reduce unnecessary MRI exams, CT scans, and other expensive diagnostic imaging tests, but the Trump administration delayed putting the law into effect until 2020 after physicians argued it would interfere with their practices. Critics worry the delay comes at a cost: Medicare paying for millions of unnecessary exams and patients subject to unnecessary radiation.
August 18, 2019
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Economics
Walmart charts new course by steering workers to high-quality imaging centers
Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, is worried that too many of its workers are having health conditions misdiagnosed, leading to unnecessary surgery and wasted health spending.
May 15, 2019
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AI assistance improves CHD detection on prenatal ultrasound
AI boosts detection of major congenital heart defects (CHDs) on prenatal ultrasound, suggest findings presented at the Annual Pregnancy Meeting of the SMFM.
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LLM performance varies based on language input
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Coding changes that will impact diagnostic and interventional radiology practices in 2025
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PET/CT guides surgery for primary aldosteronism
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ACR/RBMA workforce survey: Radiologist recruiting remains a key concern
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LLM performance varies based on language input
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Baidu’s AI chatbot Ernie Bot outperformed OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4.0 on interventional radiology questions in Chinese.
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What coding changes are affecting diagnostic and interventional radiology practices this year? Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners shares all of the details in a new column.
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PET/CT guides surgery for primary aldosteronism
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PET/CT imaging with gallium-68 pentixafor can effectively guide surgery for patients with primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension.
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ACR/RBMA workforce survey: Radiologist recruiting remains a key concern
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Ferumoxytol-enhanced MRA is safe for chronic kidney disease patients
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Ferumoxytol-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) appears to be safe for chronic kidney disease patients, researchers have reported.
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Radiology influencers weigh in on possible TikTok ban in U.S.
By Amerigo Allegretto
Radiology influencers discuss how TikTok attracts interest in the field for medical students, which could in turn boost the radiology workforce.
January 29, 2025
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Use ChatGPT-4 to extract additional imaging recs in radiology reports
By Kate Madden Yee
ChatGPT-4 is an effective way to extract recommendations for additional imaging in radiology reports, according to a study published January 29.
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Ultrafast MRI exam bests standard MRI for classifying breast cancers
By Amerigo Allegretto
An ultrafast MRI-based radiomics exam performs just as well as standard MRI and isn’t dependent on radiologist experience.
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Functional MRI reveals that 63% of heavy lifetime cannabis users show reduced brain activity during a working memory task -- and that 68% of recent users also show this impact.
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GPT-4 could prove useful proofreading CT reports
By Will Morton
GPT-4 showed strong performance identifying factual errors in radiology reports, yet struggled to prioritize clinically significant findings.
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Does obesity improve NSCLC patients' postsurgery survival?
By Kate Madden Yee
Obesity appears to improve the overall post-surgery survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by 21% compared with their nonobese peers.
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