Thynk Health invites you to join us for Thynk Drinks January 11th, 2022 from 10-11 AM EST Thynk Drinks is a brainstorming, networking and coffee hour for the general public via Zoom to share ideas and best practices for lung cancer screening programs. Who should attend? If you are a nurse navigator, coordinator or administrator …
On November 17, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed update to its low-dose CT lung cancer screening guideline, declaring that the evidence is sufficient to expand the eligibility criteria by lowering the age to 50 from 55 years of age (currently 55-77 years of age) and from 30 pack …
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Read full article published by Medical News on 9/17/2021 here. Excerpt featuring Jeff Timrbook, CEO of Thynk Health In 2015, a team of radiologists acted on their frustrations with the inefficiencies surrounding lung cancer screening (LCS) . Practicing in a geographical area experiencing some of the highest rates of lung cancer in the nation, they …
May 10, 2021 – Lexington, KY: Thynk Health is transforming cancer screening and incidental findings management with the state-of-the-art Enterprise Incidental Findings Tracker. In the United States, approximately 1.9 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2021 alone. While healthcare systems offer some of the most advanced treatments for cancer in the …
Download White Paper PDF Abstract In 2019, 142,670 Americans died of lung cancer— more than colorectal, breast and prostate cancer combined. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death. However, according to the American Lung Association (ALA), only 5.7 percent of the estimated 15 million eligible Americans at risk of developing lung cancer will …
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Lung Cancer Screenings Could Double, Is Your Program Prepared? The United State Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new guidance on lung cancer screening that could make a significant impact, possibly even saving an additional 60,000 people annually. Lung cancer continues to be the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death …
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DOWNLOAD PDF Incidental findings: Results that arise that are outside the original purpose for which the test or procedure was conducted. Overview As imaging technology continues to advance, anomalies are increasingly more detectable, making incidental findings more commonplace. Recent systematic reviews (1) noted the mention of these findings in radiology reports is as high as …
Thynk Health and InferVision Partner to Fight Lung Cancer with Advanced AI and Deep Learning Technologies [02/10/2021], Lexington, KY: Thynk Health and Infervision, pioneers in the healthcare artificial intelligence space, have announced a partnership between their platforms to fight lung cancer with the world’s most advanced technologies. By combining AI-driven data and analytics abstracted from EHRs …
DOWNLOAD PDF As one of 100 great hospitals in the U.S. according to Becker’s Healthcare, MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center is among the nation’s high-performing hospitals, recognized for excellence in clinical care, patient outcomes and staff and physician satisfaction. One of central Iowa’s largest multi-specialty clinic systems, MercyOne is made up of more than 50 …
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MercyOne Des Moines Increases New Patient Lung Cancer Screenings by 76.2% in the First Year [09/24/2020], Lexington, KY: Lung Cancer accounts for 25 percent of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. and causes more deaths than the next three cancers combined. Yet, lung cancer screening rates remain some of the lowest. Empowered by Thynk Health’s complete …
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