Dear Imaging Leaders Insider,
The use -- or overuse -- of advanced imaging modalities such as CT or MRI has been under much scrutiny these days, sparking debate on exactly how to monitor these modalities and use them most effectively.
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston are contributing to the literature on the topic with a study on imaging use trends for acute pancreatitis. Because acute pancreatitis accounts for more than 220,000 annual hospital admissions in the U.S., it provides a good case study on imaging use, according to lead author Koenraad Mortele, MD, and colleagues.
Their study results have been published online in Radiology: Click here for the findings. As an Insider subscriber, you have access to the story before the rest of our members.
We're also highlighting the following articles in the Imaging Leaders Digital Community:
- Get the scoop on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's reclassification of full-field digital mammography.
- Find out what William Hendee, PhD, from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, has to say about imaging overuse.
- Read about the aggressive strategy virtual colonoscopy advocates are pursuing to obtain screening coverage.
- Find out why it has become common for radiology practices to offer external image reading services.
- Discover how educating emergency staff regarding DICOM CD protocols could reduce repeat CT scans of kids.
- Get the latest update on a system that automates delivery of nonurgent findings for radiologists.
If you have a comment or report to share about any aspect of diagnostic imaging practice, management, administration, regulation, or financing, please contact me at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you.
