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Increased Use of CCTA Cost Effective for Diagnosing Coronary Artery Disease
Radiologic screening opportunities are on the increase in the field of cardiology. A new retrospective study examined the results in the United Kingdom of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)’s 2016 recommendation that coronary CT angiography (CCTA) be used as the first-line test for potential angina. Research, led by Jonathan Weir-McCall, PhD…
Read MoreFalse-Positives Found To Be Higher If ECG Is Done Too Soon After Cardiac Arrest
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Emergency medical services treat an estimated 30 to 97.1 per 100,000 individuals every year. A critical component of survival is the ECG. Recently, a multinational PEACE European study found that the earlier the electrocardiography (ECG) acquisition after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)…
Read MoreUnitedHealthcare is Steering Patients Away from Hospitals to Cheaper Care
UnitedHealthcare has a new policy. It is the Site-of-Service Medical Necessity Review Policy. This new policy essentially shifts the burden of proving that a hospital site is necessary for the outpatient procedure a patient is having performed onto the patient and his or her physician/surgeon. Consequently, this new Site-of-Service Medical Necessity Review Policy just adds…
Read MoreThe Impact of Clinical Decision Support on Utilization of Radiology
As of Jan 1, 2018, the United States healthcare reform requires that physicians implement clinical decision support (CDS) software. This was done to ensure the appropriate use criteria (AUC) are being followed when ordering non-emergency, outpatient imaging tests. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require that physicians use CDS software that has been…
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