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| E-Editor’s E-Note |
Medical news publications have been filled with debates over study data and appropriate treatment, as well as cost and value questions surrounding care. Some debate is genuine and some is just self-serving. All of it is important.
— Jim Knaub, editor |
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More Than Just Study Data
By Jim Knaub
Interventionalists have been performing vertebroplasty for years
and some have a long track record of success in relieving
many of their patients’ back pain. So when two studies published
in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
last October reported the procedure was no better at providing
relief than a sham treatment, proponents of the procedure
reacted with surprise, disbelief, and some anger. They defended
the procedure by attacking aspects of the study that might
invalidate the results and thus support their own experience
with it. The study results may be greatly affected by what
many interventionalists believe: Patient selection is a crucial
factor to vertebroplasty success. That just hasn’t been isolated,
measured, and proven in well-controlled trials.
Scientists tout randomized, double-blind trials as the gold standard of medical research. Clinicians know medical care operates on that gold standard far less than most people think. Science is well controlled in a way that clinical practice just can’t be. Surgeons use the phrase “in my hands” as a euphemism to justify approaching a procedure differently than the way it is described in the textbooks. Most doctors disdain so-called cookbook medicine, believing it reduces them to technicians who simply follow directions rather than doing their own critical thinking. Doctors—like the rest of us—rely heavily on their own experience in making decisions. Interventionalists’ responses to the NEJM studies illustrate that idea.
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Radiology Today Interview: David S. Mendelson, MD — VR, Workflow, and EMR
Mendelson focuses on the implementation of front-end voice recognition and radiologists editing their own reports at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He also discusses how the technology fosters structured reporting, EMR use, and improved digital information exchange.
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Crystal Clear
Diffraction-enhanced imaging is years from commercial application, but it could provide clear images with as little as 1% of the radiation exposure of current equipment. Read more »
Goodwill Value — Is There Any in Today’s Radiology Practices?
When bringing on physician partners, most experts see little evidence of value beyond an appropriate share of a practice’s hard assets. However, there seems to be some consideration for goodzwill in merger and acquisition activity. Read more »
SPECT Technology Update
Equipment manufacturers share the latest on their systems. Read more »
Cryotherapy — Researchers Look to Ice Breast Cancer
Interventional radiologists are evaluating how to use cryoprobes to freeze and kill tumor tissue in a procedure that is less invasive than traditional surgery. Read more » |
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| Other Imaging News |
 CT Angiography Reduces Costs
A report in the American Journal of Roentgenology describes the cost savings of using CT angiography instead of catheterization in patients who have no symptoms but a positive stress test. Read more »
Implementing Healthcare Reform
States are beginning to launch parts of the federal reform law.
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Reducing Dose From Head CT
Researchers report on a simple way to cut patient exposure during scans. Read more » |
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