Search Tag: Massachusetts General Hospital

IMAGING Management

Covid-19-pandemic-alters-paediatric-radiology

2021 29 Dec

According to a report published in Academic Radiology , the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the demographics and clinical composition of exams in paediatric radiology practice.   Massachusetts General Hospital researchers quantified changes between pre-pandemic (15 September 2019 to 15 March 2020) and pandemic (15 March 2020 to 1 May 2020) periods...Read more

IT Management

Ai-helps-multilingual-patient-communication-in-radiology

2021 14 Feb

A free web-based tool uses artificial intelligence to help radiologic technicians communicate with patients in various languages.   You might also like : Machine Learning and COVID-19 Management   The RadTranslate web app was developed at Massachusetts General Hospital’s MESH Incubator. To use the tool, a technician should...Read more

Executive Health Management

Safe-return-to-work-for-healthcare-staff

2020 12 Oct

With the current COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals face higher infection risk arising from both community exposure and occupational hazards. As noted in a new study by Harvard and Massachusetts General Brigham researchers (Shenoy et al. 2020), COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests show persistently positive results among healthcare workers....Read more

Executive Health Management

Closing-the-loop-the-road-to-zero-medication-errors

2019 26 Aug

Summary: It is estimated that even today, medical errors are the third leading cause of deaths in the US, costing the health system several billions of dollars a year. Many of these deaths can be attributed to the misuse of medication.   When used properly, medications save lives. Unfortunately, medication and dosing errors are one of...Read more

IMAGING Management

The-global-radiology-gap

2019 18 Jul

According to the World Health Organization, two-thirds of the world does not have access to radiology services considered basic in most modern hospitals. It is this global radiology gap that now poses a threat to public health. Irene Githinji is one of the 200 radiologists practising in Kenya, a country of 43 million people. The remote hospital...Read more

IMAGING Management

Full-body-pet-scan-can-detect-blood-clots-animal-study

2015 21 Sep

A new radiopharmaceutical probe developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has allowed researchers to perform full-body scans to locate hidden blood clots in an animal model, according to a report that will appear in the October issue of the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology . Finding the location and composition of clots...Read more