JCAHO Standards Not Always Supported by High-Quality Evidence
Of 20 actionable standards from The Joint Commission, six completely supported by references, six partly supported
ACR Issues Risk Mitigation Strategies for Iodinated Contrast Shortage
Strategies include seeking alternative versions of contrast agents, sourcing from other vendors
Integration of AI Platform Can Cut Time for Chest CT Interpretation
Mean interpretation times were 22.1 percent shorter in the artificial-intelligence versus non-AI arms
Life Expectancy in the U.S. Varies by Race, Ethnicity, State
Disparity in life expectancy across states greater when race/ethnicity are considered
Factors ID’d in Time to Breast Biopsy by Race, Ethnicity
Multilevel factors examined for differences in time from abnormal screening mammogram to biopsy by race, ethnicity
More African-Americans Screened for Lung Cancer With USPSTF 2021 Criteria
Expanding lung cancer screening criteria is step toward greater equity for high-risk populations
Graph Convolutional Network Can Classify Schizophrenia
GCN enabled nominally higher classification accuracy compared with support vector machine
MRI Index Can Predict Postop Recurrence in Crohn Disease
In validation cohort, MONITOR index ≥1 had sensitivity of 87 percent, specificity of 75 percent, NPV of 75 percent
Pediatric Emergency Encounters for Physical Abuse Down During Pandemic
Rates of lower-severity encounters reduced, but no decrease seen in rates of higher-severity encounters
