For decades, ventilation-perfusion, alternatively called V/Q scanning used to be the most effective way to identify a critical problem like “Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension”. However, recent studies have revealed that there could be another way to detect it. This new method bears the name DCR or “Dynamic Chest Radiology”. The Recent Study The researchers conducted a […]
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Detecting the Early Signs of Parkinson’s Is Now Possible with the Novel MRI Technique
Parkinson’s disease is a neurological condition with no categorical treatment or sure-cure ascribed to it as of yet. While curing the condition is not possible as of now, restricting its symptoms and advancement is possible. Especially if the medical diagnostic system can ensure early detection of the disease, many patients can benefit enormously. Quantitative magnetic […]
Data Economy or Barter Economy: What is it?
Gillian T. (2021). The Data Economy Is a Barter Economy Read more at: https://hbr.org/2021/07/the-data-economy-is-a-barter-economy?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_monthly&utm_campaign=technology_not_activesubs&deliveryName=DM140439
Clinical Decision Mandate
With the latest CDS (Clinical Decision Support), also called the Medicare Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Program, mandate released for advanced imaging tests, changes could affect more than six million emergency department visits per year. The estimate was published in a Radiology study this January. This law shall be effective from January 2020. In 2014, Congress passed […]
Imaging Proximity and Convenience Matter
Follow-up imaging is an important requirement for patients to ensure complete healing. However, when it comes to the location of imaging facilities, new research found that patients usually come back to the same place for follow-up imaging where they had gone for initial imaging. In the research, authors included over 1000 cases of abdominal ultrasound, […]