The United States spends more than any other country on healthcare. However, the excessive amount of money that the nation is spending on healthcare does not necessarily lead to better health outcomes or superior service.
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The UCSF Imaging Center at Montgomery Street is a one-of-a-kind location. The newly opened facility boasts advanced radiological and imaging services and technologies, but perhaps what makes it most unique is that it is part of an integrated health center with three practices on the same floor.
Members of the UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging came together to raise over $5,000 to support Bay Area HIV and AIDS services at the 2015 AIDS Walk San Francisco.
When it comes to receiving their imaging results, who do patients want to hear from and what information are they interested in receiving? Determining patient preference was the goal of a recent survey I co-authored.
In addtion to mammography, ultrasound and MRI have also become standard components of breast imaging practices, along with breast interventional radiology. I recently discussed breast imaging beyond mammography in San Francisco Medicine.
When most people think of breast imaging, they immediately think of mammography. Mammography remains the mainstay of breast imaging, but this subspecialty area of radiology has evolved rapidly and substantially during the last several decades to include several other advances technologies that aid in the detection and diagnoses of breast diseases. I recently discussed the advances in mammography and breast imaging as a whole in San Francisco Medicine.