From the January/February 2022 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
The researchers have made their code and models available to other researchers to ensure that as many people as possible can benefit from the work here."
The findings were published in European Radiology.
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Northern Ireland identifies major discrepancies in 13,000 CT exams
A hospital in Northern Ireland announced in August that it had identified major discrepancies in a review of 13,030 radiology images analyzed by a temporary consultant neuroradiologist.
Following concerns raised by the General Medical Council about the radiologist’s work, the Northern Health Trust commissioned the review, which required it to notify 9,091 patients. It is the largest recall of patients in Northern Ireland and has so far affected 12 cases, according to BBC News.
"We believe there may be a number of patients who have died as a result of this, but we are not sure at this moment in time if they died as a result of a failure to diagnose something or not,” Dr. Seamus O'Reilly, medical director at the Northern Trust, told BBC Radio Foyle Wednesday.
The images were taken at Antrim Area, Causeway, Whiteabbey and Mid Ulster Hospitals as well as the Ballymena Health and Care Centre. The doctor worked at these facilities between July 2019 and February 2020, according to the Belfast Telegraph. O’Reilly says it is his understanding that she is no longer working with the National Health System (NHS).
About a fifth (2,434) of the images had been assessed by the time of our story. The discrepancies concern categories the doctor assigned to the scans, according to O’Reilly. "Most of these concern CT scans where inaccurate initial reading of the scans could, or is likely to, have had an impact on the patient's clinical treatment and outcome.
The most concerning images are the ones categorized as level one and two. Level one refers to a major discrepancy that has immediate and significant clinical impact, while level two concerns a major discrepancy with probable clinical impact. Of the images reviewed, 12 had been identified as level one and two.
Hyperfine to expand reach to UK and Pakistan
Hyperfine announced plans in October to bring its portable MR imaging system, Swoop, to European and Southern Asian shores with company expansions planned in the U.K. and Pakistan.
Equipped with a .064 Tesla magnet, Swoop has a lower field strength than standard MR systems, which shortens screening protocols and eliminates comprehensive metal detection to speed up scanning and diagnosis.
The U.K. and Pakistan are part of Hyperfine's plan to expand to four additional countries within the next six months. Helping it in Pakistan is Medequips, a company that provides hospitals and clinics with diagnostic imaging equipment and has agreed to market, distribute and sell the Swoop system there.
