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This week’s must read: CT scans unlock history’s secrets, PET imaging of heart valves can determine which patients need open heart surgery, combining MRI and ultrasound leads to more targeted prostate biopsies and MRI can improve diagnosis and patient care for knee disorders. Read More
Hospitals have long relied on CT scanners to help diagnose and treat life-threatening diseases. But medicine is not the only field in which the imaging machines have proven their value. Read More
This week’s must read: iPad CT readings, CT chest scans one of the top cancer advances of 2011, MRI and 9/11 first responders, mammograms reduce breast cancer mortality by half and Congressman calls on FDA and industry to sustain medical device job growth. Read More
A new study in Europe has found that mammograms can reduce breast cancer mortality in women up to 84 percent. Read More
This week’s must read: New surveys find few say cancer screening is too frequent and consumers understand medical imaging, study finds men more likely to skip cancer screenings, DBT helps detect dense breast tissue and radiologists say mammograms should start at age 40. 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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