Variation in Reporting of Elective Surgeries Impacts Patient Safety Indicators
Hospitals may classify elective surgeries admissions that exempts them from elective-based PSI scores, which may lead to less reliable PSIs.
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Penn Medicine Awarded $12.3m NIH Grant to Study High-Dose Flash Radiation Therapy
With more than $12 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania will build on its preclinical research of an emerging form of radiation that provides ultra-fast doses and shows promise of greater protection of normal tissue, thereby minimizing toxic effects to the body.
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Tampa General Hospital Acquires Tower Radiology
Florida-based Tampa General Hospital has completed the acquisition of radiology practice Tower Radiology, a move that expands Tampa General’s state-wide outpatient sites to 83 with the addition of Tower Radiology’s 21 imaging centers.
MD Anderson, Siemens Healthineers Collaborate for Quantitative MRI
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Malvern, Pa.-based Siemens Healthineers announce the collaborative development of a global education program focused on enabling the implementation of consistent, high-quality MRI in radiation oncology.
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Worker Dies After MRI Machine Falls at University of Utah Hospital
The University of Utah Hospital became the site of a tragic accident on Wednesday, September 15, after an MRI machine crashed outside the hospital, killing one worker.
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Florida Hospital Deploys Carestream Imaging Technologies
Rochester, N.Y.-based Carestream Health announces that Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla., has procured its diagnostic imaging and workflow technologies.
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Neuroimaging Institute Launches Worldwide Study of Parkinson’s Disease
The USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute has launched a $3 million study that will unite researchers and data from 20 countries to answer some of the most pressing questions about Parkinson’s disease.
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White Plains Hospital Acquires PET/MRI
White Plains, N.Y.-based White Plains Hospital announces that it has acquired a PET/MRI scanner—which, hospital officials say, offers unparalleled imaging capabilities for cancer detection and assessment of neurological conditions.
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