Radiological Society of North America

Internet may be answer to mammography crisis

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, January 5th, 2006

Digital mammography images can be accurately transmitted over broadband Internet, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

"We've proven that telemammography works," said the study's lead author, Alan R. Melton, MD, assistant clinical professor of radiology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. "The ability to transmit mammograms over long distances could significantly help to solve the crisis in access to screening mammography, as well as improve the accuracy of interpretation of the examinations."

According to a 2004 report from the...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2006-01-05)

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