Leaders in medical imaging
This week’s must read: CT detects intestinal bleeding, CTC improves colorectal cancer screening, Senate HELP Committee holds medical device hearing, imaging key to breast cancer survival and Medicare imaging cuts are bad for seniors. Read More
A recently published study in the British medical journal, Lancet Oncology found that CTC is leading more patients to undergo colorectal cancer screenings. Read More
Computed tomography (CT) angiography is an advanced medical imaging innovation that has provided enormous benefits to patients with heart disease. Read More
Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) wrote an insightful editorial this weekend about the FDA’s impact on American inventiveness and medical innovation. Read More
This week’s must read: Senator proposes reforms to de novo reform bill, MRI predicts long term prognosis for MS patients, over 40 Members of Congress urge FDA to overhaul the medical device review process and the Mayo Clinic uses CT to detect Gout. Read More
A recent white paper released by the ECRI Institute wrongly criticizes radiation therapy and CT on their safety record in 2012. Read More
Today, an Associated Press article, published in The Washington Post and USA Today, undercuts the tremendous value of medical imaging and its impact on the early detection and treatment of cancer. Read More
A new survey on virtual colonoscopy was presented at the 2011 International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy in Cambridge, MA. Researchers found a “high acceptance” of patients preferring virtual colonoscopy also known as CT Colonography or CTC. Read More
This week’s must read: cancer screening saves lives, 3-D X-rays in the operating room, Congress seeks to block Medicare imaging cuts and CT detects COPD. Read More
Following Monday’s blog on the changing face of lung cancer, NBC 4 in Washington, DC profiled Jerry Sorkin, founder of Breathe Deep DC. Read More
MITA released a report yesterday detailing the troubling impact of insurance coverage denials on patient access to medical imaging procedures. Data gathered by the Patient Advocacy Foundation (PAF) show that denials for patients seeking potentially life-saving medical imaging services have doubled in the past four years. Of even greater concern is the finding that 90 percent of the reversed denials for imaging services were actually covered by patients’ health plans. And on average, PAF’s professional case managers required 15.4 contacts per patient case to resolve the imaging issue, meaning it took on average more than 15 phone calls, letters or emails to determine why the imaging test was being denied coverage. Read More
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