Assessing Radiology Utilization in an Academic Center Partnership With a Federally Qualified Health Center Using A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) serve medically underserved populations. In 2013, UW Health, the health system of the University of Wisconsin, partnered with Access Community Health Centers (ACHC), the FQHC network in Madison, Wisconsin, to provide on-site outpatient imaging. This study characterized radiography utilization associated with the UW Health-ACHC partnership compared with other UW Health outpatient imaging sites.

Update on Interstitial Pneumonias.

The American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society/Japanese Respiratory Society/Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax 2018 clinical practice guideline and 2022 update provide recommendations to define and diagnose idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in patients with newly diagnosed interstitial lung disease. The guideline emphasizes recognition of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and probable UIP patterns of fibrosis on high-resolution CT, which can obviate the need for surgical lung biopsy and allow timely initiation of antifibrotic pharmacotherapy citing a high correlation with UIP on histopathology. This article reviews the recent 2022 IPF clinical practice guideline with a focus on the imaging updates.

Patient, Provider, and Practice Characteristics Predicting Use of Diagnostic Imaging in Primary Care: Cross-Sectional Data From the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Objective: To determine imaging utilization rates in outpatient primary care visits and factors influencing likelihood of imaging use.

Methods: We used 2013 to 2018 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey cross-sectional data. All visits to primary care clinics during the study period were included in the sample.

Community-based Participatory Research: A Practical Guide for Radiologists.

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is defined by the Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program as a collaborative process that equitably involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each community member brings. The CBPR process begins with a research topic of importance to the community, with the goal of combining knowledge and action with social change to improve community health and eliminate health disparities. CBPR engages and empowers affected communities to collaborate in defining the research question; sharing the study design process; collecting, analyzing, and disseminating the data; and implementing solutions.

Routes of Transdiaphragmatic Migration from the Abdomen to the Chest.

The diaphragm serves as an anatomic border between the abdominal and thoracic cavities. Pathologic conditions traversing the diaphragm are often incompletely described and may be overlooked, resulting in diagnostic delays. Several routes allow abdominal contents or pathologic processes to spread into the thorax, including along normal transphrenic structures, through congenital defects in the diaphragm, through inherent areas of weakness between muscle groups, or by pathways created by tissue destruction, trauma, or iatrogenic injuries.

Imaging Early Postoperative Complications of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Imaging plays a central role in the evaluation of patients following cardiothoracic surgery, both for monitoring in the early postoperative period and for assessing for suspected complications. Patients with postsurgical complications can develop a range of signs and symptoms, from hypotension and tachycardia, as the result of severe bleeding, to fever and leukocytosis because of infection. The radiologist is an important member of the care team in the postoperative period, helping identify and manage complications of cardiothoracic surgery.