Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CT head scans were ordered in approximately 175 million ED encounters. Patients who received scans were mainly ...

Use of head CT scans in U.S. emergency departments has more than doubled over the past 15 years, a new study says. Nearly 16 million head CT scans were ordered by ERs in 2022, up from under 8 million ...

How do emergency department staff determine whether older adults who have fallen need imaging? A new decision rule will help emergency department physicians determine which older adults need imaging ...

During TCET’s 18-month evaluation period, CMS could track outcomes such as reduced CT scan use, faster emergency department visits, and safe patient discharge rates. This would mirror the ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Artificial intelligence now has a new use in medicine. It’s helping to diagnose blood clots suspected in the lungs. AI in medicine has been used to improve diagnosis accuracy in ...

Researchers at Yale University looked at hundreds of CT scans from patients who presented to the emergency department or an acute care facility in psychiatric distress. Diagnostic yield—defined as the ...

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CHICAGO — The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is working to eliminate unnecessary CT scans in its second Choosing Wisely list of tests and procedures that should be used judiciously.

Computed tomography (CT or CAT) scans help doctors detect everything from cancer to kidney stones. But some physicians are raising concerns about the safety of such procedures — most notably, an ...