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It's great to be armed with scientific evidence, but it does no good if the patients who could benefit from this evidence are not referred to you for care.
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It's unpleasant enough to receive a diagnosis of prostate cancer and to face a course of radiotherapy that can cause a number of side effects, ranging from incontinence to a loss of potency.
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There is no question that the use of MRI prior to breast cancer surgery has increased dramatically in recent years. At the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, for example, the use of preoperative MRI in breast cancer patients more than doubled between 2003 and 2006.
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The idea of using milk as a contrast agent for gastrointestinal imaging has obvious appeal.
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While radiotherapy is commonly prescribed following surgery for patients with node-positive head and neck cancers, until now there has been little evidence that it actually improves survival.
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The most exciting aspect to the discovery of a new probe at The University of California at Los Angeles' (UCLA's) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center might not be the potential of the probe itself for monitoring immune system function and treatment response, but rather the model scientists have put in place that could lead them to the discovery of many more valuable probes.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new rule that would, if approved, update its payment policies and rates for hospital outpatient departments, including imaging, in the calendar year 2009.
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In response to several high-profile incidents of homeless patients being discharged in a less-than-dignified manner, the city of Los Angeles has enacted a new law that requires obtaining written consent to transport a patient anywhere other than his or her legal residence. Violating the law could result in a misdemeanor conviction.
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A protocol built around the use of rapid response teams (RRTs) has reduced incidences of preventable codes among pediatric patients by 20% at a group of hospitals in Ohio, one of the best demonstrations yet of the success of that approach in improving patient safety. One hospital even saw a drop of 40%.
