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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Uniquely suited for the mobile environment, Thynk Health offers the ability to manage and track complex medical care to increase accessibility of screenings [07/27/2020], Lexington, KY: CHI Memorial Chattanooga innovates with Thynk Health’s state-of-the-art screening technology and a mobile screening bus to bring lung screening to rural areas with high rates of at-risk patients and …
COVID-19: How Healthcare IT Industry Organizations are Managing This interview is part of a series “COVID-19: How Healthcare IT Industry Organizations are Managing” by DirectRecruiters.com Is your company pivoting at all during this pandemic and are there any initiatives you would like to share about what your firm is doing to assist the healthcare industry …
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Thynk Health to collect and submit the ACR’s new COVID-19 data elements May 27, 2020, Lexington, KY: COVID-19 has created new challenges for lung cancer screening programs, in many cases, delaying screenings by several months and creating more difficulty for administrative and scheduling teams. Thynk Health’s lung cancer solution tracks all screening follow-up and downstream …
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Covid-19’s impact is being felt across the entire world. While the majority of those who contract the virus will experience mild symptoms, cancer patients and those who are immunocompromised are at a high risk of becoming seriously ill. To protect our friends and family members who are at high-risk, we have enacted social distancing – …
COVID-19 has created new and unfamiliar challenges for healthcare providers to deliver patient care. Many non-urgent, but important services like lung cancer screening have been temporarily suspended to protect the health of staff and patients. Healthcare organizations are facing unprecedented challenges in appointment scheduling, patient tracking, and patient and provider follow-up communications to ensure the …
