Dear AuntMinnie Member,
CHICAGO - RSNA 2016 is underway, and we're pleased to be bringing you all the news from radiology's showcase conference in Chicago.
First up is our coverage of the keynote session, given by Dr. Robert Wachter, chair of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Wachter spoke about the digitization of healthcare and the lessons that radiology can provide, given that it was one of the earliest medical disciplines to go digital.
Dr. Wachter believes that healthcare needs to do more than just digitize -- it needs to reimagine the work that technology is supposed to help us do. Read more by clicking here.
Rad-path correlation and PACS
In other news from RSNA 2016, researchers from Pennsylvania gave a talk today on a method that automatically triggers an email to a radiologist when a pathology report is finalized. The group found that radiologists appreciated not having to manually follow up on these cases. Get the details by clicking here.
Also, be sure to check out this story on the use of FDG-PET/CT to detect metastases from cervical and endometrial cancer. PET/CT can potentially spare women from unnecessarily aggressive therapy, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital.
Finally, don't leave the RADCast before checking out the latest installment of #MyRadGirlfriend, in which Ryan comes up with a novel idea for getting into McCormick Place. See the latest by clicking here.
Keep checking in at rsna.auntminnie.com throughout the week for the latest stories from Chicago. And for even faster coverage, follow us on Twitter.
