Two imaging experts believe the ledger technology holds some of the same potential to change the field as picture archiving and communication systems did decades ago.
One large Chicago hospital is launching an "Abandon the Shield" campaign to educate staff, patients and clinicians before it discontinues the practice.
Using CT angiography to screen for large vessel occlusion, followed immediately by thrombectomy, proved to be the cheapest option and yielded the most quality-adjusted life years.
Medscape queried more than 15,000 doctors across 29 specialties for their “National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report 2020: The Generational Divide," published Jan. 15.
The findings build off of a September 2019 report from German security firm Greenbone Networks, which revealed that more than 730 million medical images were accessible over the internet.