Febbo, Jennifer Little, Brent Fischl-Lanzoni, Natalia Narayan, Anand K Tiersma, Keenae M Glover, McKinley Shepard, Jo-Anne O Flores, Efren J
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To determine the variability in out-of-pocket costs of lung cancer screening (LCS) for uninsured patients and assess accessibility of this information by telephone or Internet. LCS centers from the ACR's LCS database were randomly selected. Centers were called between July and August 2019 to determine out-of-pocket cost. Telephone call variables, a...
Ghazi Sherbaf, Farzaneh Lin, Doris D M Yousem, David M
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To explore the current status and determine the uniformity of parental leave policies among US radiology residency programs. An electronic survey was developed and sent to 222 radiology residency program directors (PDs) in June 2019 to assess their policies and attitudes toward parental leave. The survey was administered via the Internet Qualtrics ...
Nguyen, Derek L Oluyemi, Eniola Myers, Kelly S Harvey, Susan C Mullen, Lisa A Ambinder, Emily B
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The Mammography Quality Standards Act requires written communication to every patient after an abnormal screening mammogram. Starting in 2013, our institution began telephoning all patients with a Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) assessment 0 on the next business day to schedule their diagnostic follow-up. Our aim is to analyze th...
Garry, Kira Blecker, Saul Saag, Harry Szerencsy, Adam Jones, Simon A Testa, Paul Kang, Stella K
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Patients increasingly access radiology results through digital portals. We compared patient satisfaction and understanding of radiology results when received through an electronic patient portal versus direct communication from providers. Patients were invited to participate in an online survey within 7 days of undergoing a radiology examination. P...
Kamel, Sarah I Zoga, Adam C Randolph, Frederick Rao, Vijay M Desai, Vishal
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We examined how the closure of 496-bed Hahnemann University Hospital (HUH), a level I trauma and stroke center and safety-net hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, impacted the emergency department (ED) and radiology workflow in our neighboring hospital (Thomas Jefferson University Hospital) located
Levy, Frank Rosen, Max P
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During the first decade of the 21st century, the imaging bubble began to burst. The combination of digitized images, the DICOM standard, and affordable PACS sharply increased radiologists' productivity but also allowed an imaging study to be read from anywhere, creating the field of teleradiology and increased competition for radiologists. Increasi...
Milano, Michael T Mahesh, Mahadevappa Mettler, Fred A Elee, Jennifer Vetter, Richard J
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The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) recently assessed patient radiation exposure in the United States, which was summarized in its 2019 NCRP Report No. 184. This work involved an estimation of the number of medical procedures using ionizing radiation, as well as the associated effective doses from these procedures. ...
Lexa, Frank J Fessell, David
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Lotan, Eyal Tschider, Charlotte Sodickson, Daniel K Caplan, Arthur L Bruno, Mary Zhang, Ben Lui, Yvonne W
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Kalra, Angad Chakraborty, Amit Fine, Benjamin Reicher, Joshua
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The aim of this study was to enhance multispecialty CT and MRI protocol assignment quality and efficiency through development, testing, and proposed workflow design of a natural language processing (NLP)-based machine learning classifier. NLP-based machine learning classification models were developed using order entry input data and radiologist-as...
