Patients are benefiting from increased access to imaging with the addition of a second 128-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner in the Diagnostic Imaging Department at MyMichigan Medical Center Alma ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CT head scans were ordered in approximately 175 million ED encounters. Patients who received scans were mainly ...
In a study of more than 31,000 adults, an EHR-integrated patient-facing tool significantly improved identification of ...
Today’s patients expect more than quality care. They also want convenience and efficient access to necessary services. Yet, for many, completing the diagnostic-to-treatment process often presents ...
Radiotherapy services have been put under stain by a rise in the highest priority cancer patients and a reduction in ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients should not let recent studies showing that exposure to radiation from a CT scan may raise their cancer risk scare them away from getting this type of X-ray when it is ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients are receiving the equivalent of 600 chest X-rays when they get CT scans for heart disease and not enough clinics are using known ways to reduce this exposure, researchers ...
Team members with U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity delivered a CT scanner to Central Command this month, increasing the capability of U.S. military medical providers to make diagnoses ...
WARSAW — Wyoming County Community Hospital is asking ambulance services to redirect some patients to other healthcare ...