Leslie Farnsworth

Practice Management
Marketing to patients: What you need to know
For radiology practices, focusing marketing resources on referring physicians often makes more financial sense than directing them toward patients. But, direct patient marketing is a good idea in certain situations, according to Leslie Farnsworth, president and CEO of FrogDog Communications. She explains when a practice should market to patients and describes how to research, plan, and execute a marketing strategy.
April 13, 2006
Practice Management
Indian Health Service career offers unique opportunities
The IHS program encompasses more than 100 different healthcare facilities, employing more than 15,000 people from all sectors of medical, social, and environmental health services. However, clinical staff accounts for less than 5,000 of this 15,000 total. In an effort to close that clinical vacany gap, the IHS has launched several recruitment programs.
July 16, 2003
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Practice Management
Patient notification letters: How to keep them hush-hush and HIPAA-compliant
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has the industry questioning its every move. Telephone calls, faxes, and letters are all being reconsidered. So how can facilities reconcile the need for secure patient information with the need to notify patients of their test results?
April 1, 2003
Clinical News
Imaging by non-radiologists drives up healthcare costs
More and more non-imaging specialists are performing diagnostic imaging exams. And while turf invasion in important issue, radiologists also need to look beyond how much ground they are potentially losing -- to the likelihood that non-radiologists may overuse imaging, bringing increased scrutiny to the imaging industry.
November 24, 2002
Practice Management
HIPAA-related courses and seminars: Worth the time, every time?
A multitude of HIPAA-related courses and seminars has cropped up in order to help administrators cope with all that needs to be done in the name of privacy and security. But choosing from the array of courses can be as daunting as figuring out the regulations themselves. Shopping around in the wide world of HIPAA classes would be wise, according to industry experts.
November 10, 2002
MRI
Novint software lets users reach out and touch images
Novint Technologies of Albuquerque has developed new software called e-Touch that allows users to interact with images -- such as ultrasound, MRI, and CT scans -- as if they were reaching inside the picture to explore and clarify what they see.
July 16, 2002
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Practice Management
Executive MBA programs offer healthy career boost
In the past 15 years, the number of executive MBA programs tailored for healthcare professionals has skyrocketed. One major reason for this growth is the increasing demand for administrators with the right kind of business acumen. Work experience alone may not be enough as employers are specifically asking for candidates with advanced educational backgrounds.
July 14, 2002
Interventional
Needlestick injuries: A "silent epidemic" in radiology
Between performing biopsies, administering contrast agents, and working in interventional radiology suites, many imaging specialists are at risk for needlestick exposure. The National Alliance for the Primary Prevention of Sharps Injuries is working to reduce the risk and promote needle safety.
April 18, 2002
CT
Pediatric CT safety increased with new imaging techniques
While the imaging community may be in agreement about the need to lower radiation doses in pediatric CT, the best way to do that is still up for debate. International researchers are homing in on ways to reduce radiation while maintaining superior image quality.
March 11, 2002
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CT
Compared to cardiac EBCT, multislice dose packs a wallop
Multislice scanning is enabling CT to take off in new directions, such as cardiac imaging. But the extra functionality comes at a price. MSCT provides up to seven times the radiation dose of electron beam CT (EBCT), yet offers only moderately better spatial resolution, according to German radiologists.
February 5, 2002
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Podcast: What's next for chest radiographs?
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In this episode of Keeping up with the Radiologists, co-hosts Saurabh (Harry) Jha, MD, and Mitchell Schnall, MD, assess the future of the chest radiograph.
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Outcomes over 10 years suggest that image-guided thermal ablation is a safe and effective option for patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.
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Could cranial ultrasound sub for brain MRI in imaging infants?
By Amerigo Allegretto
Cranial ultrasound could have utility for imaging infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
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Dark-field x-ray detects bone changes related to osteoporosis
By Will Morton
Dark-field x-ray imaging can provide insights into bone microstructure and potentially could have a role in assessing osteoporosis.
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Lateral conventional attenuation (a, b, e, f) and co-registered dark-field (c, d, g, h) images of two spine specimens. Vertical (a, c, e, g) and horizontal (b, d, f, h) scans of the spine specimen of a 77-year-old female with osteoporosis (bone mineral density = 65.75 mg/dL) (a–d) and a non-osteoporotic spine specimen (e–h) of a 61-year-old female (bone mineral density = 169.38 mg/dL).
Radiology responds to devastating floods in Spain
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
Members of Valencia's radiological community are reeling from the worst flooding experienced by the region for generations.
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Tributes pour in for CT pioneer Willi Kalender
By Philip Ward
The medical imaging community has paid tribute to Willi Kalender, PhD, the renowned medical physicist.
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Ultrasound nonmass breast lesion features may signal malignancy
By Amerigo Allegretto
Some nonmass breast lesion characteristics on ultrasound exams can be considered suspicious for malignancy at screening ultrasound.
November 5, 2024
Images depict a 43-year-old woman with a malignant non-mass lesion that was diagnosed as microinvasive ductal carcinoma. (A) Transverse and (B) longitudinal ultrasound images show a hypoechoic non-mass lesion (solid arrows) with segmental distribution in the left breast. The lesion has associated calcifications (dashed arrows in A). (C) Longitudinal color Doppler ultrasound image shows high vascularity. (D) Magnified image in the mediolateral oblique view from screening mammography shows grouped calcifications (arrows), which are considered a mammographic correlate of the ultrasound-detected non-mass lesion (A radiopaque marker attached to the skin is visible in the image because the mammographic exam was performed after screening breast ultrasound). Ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy and pathologic examination revealed ductal carcinoma in situ, but the lesion was upgraded to microinvasive ductal carcinoma at subsequent surgery (2.5-cm ductal carcinoma in situ, histologic grade II, estrogen receptor-positive, progesterone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2-negative).
Ventricular remodeling on cardiac MRI predicts cardiovascular outcomes
By Kate Madden Yee
The presence of left ventricular changes revealed on cardiac MRI can help predict 10-year negative cardiovascular outcomes, researchers have reported.
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Imaging societies' reactions mixed on finalized MPFS, HOPPS rule
By Amerigo Allegretto
Radiological societies have mixed thoughts after the CMS finalized its 2025 MPFS and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System rules.
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Chest x-ray AI shines in ‘real-world’ setting
By Will Morton
A PACS-integrated AI tool correctly identified pneumothorax on inpatient chest x-rays, prioritized scans, and improved radiologist reporting times.
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Cloud-based imaging: The new catalyst for healthcare transformation
By Dhaval Shah
Dhaval Shah of CitiusTech discusses the benefits of cloud-based image management for radiology practices.
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SPECT/CT predicts treatment response in Pluvicto patients
By Will Morton
SPECT/CT scans taken just four hours after patients begin Lu-177 PSMA-617 treatment can help assess treatment responses.
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