Cohort study finds despite efforts to reduce unnecessary imaging, rates of CT pulmonary angiography continue to rise across seven integrated & mixed-model healthcare systems in the United States. Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL ja.ma/3nH6rHt

☢️"Although guidelines have been developed for imaging, they are primarily based on expert opinion rather than evidence and have not been shown to reducing imaging," Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL #patientsafety #informed #consent jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

The purpose of this study was to measure the use of #CT & #ultrasound in ED visits for #abdominalpain & #appendicitis to examine the impact of these efforts. bit.ly/2VFAq6x Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman (Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL) is an author.

Study findings underscore the need for more evidence for determining how best to evaluate lung nodules and to avoid unnecessarily intensive diagnostic evaluations of lung nodules ja.ma/3nXZ2DA

The latest The BMJ collaboration with Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman (Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL), UCSF Obstetrics Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, UCSF Epidemiology & Biostatistics & Maastricht medical center looks at high-dose CT patients over 5 years. bit.ly/3p3rF3u

Grateful for brilliant collaborators! @dianabuist mateobanegas Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL Kaiser Permanente Washington KP WA Research Kaiser Permanente NW Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Med Kaiser Permanente Southern California UC San Diego Marshfield Clinic Health System Marshfield Clinic Research Institute UW Biostatistics @SchoenKurt

Dr. Smith-Bindman Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL et al "found that among all adults, imaging rates increased significantly from 2000 to 2016 for all imaging tests other than nuclear medicine," #patientsafety jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Without an RCT of carotid stenosis screening, #USPSTF will continually balance new surgical treatments with varying benefit-to-harm ratios against improving medical therapies that would be recommended regardless. Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo UCSF School of Medicine ja.ma/39GxQ8r

We need more scientific studies focused on imaging JAMA Network Open JAMA Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo UCSF Imaging UCSF Epidemiology & Biostatistics UCSF School of Medicine jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… #medicalimaging #cardiotwitter #carotidscreening #carotidstenosis #evidencebased

Continuing the trend to honor 10+ women in science- in addition to Nynikka Palmer, DrPH Maria Glymour @aliciacita Ellicott Matthay @MKushel Kathleen Belton Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS Scarlett Lin Gomez, MPH, PhD @Linda_Kachuri Hana El-Samad @TejalDesaiUCSF Jackie Torres June M. Chan Dr. Yulin Hswen Patience Afulani Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL Debby Oh, PhD

Proud to be the dissertation advisor on this study finding leukemia risk is higher than expected in children with Down syndrome jpeds.com/article/S0022-… Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL UC Davis Public Health Sciences 😷 UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Cent

We recently published a large-scale study in JournalofPediatrics: using data from 3.9 million children in the US & Canada, we found Down syndrome remains a strong risk factor for childhood leukemia & association with AML is stronger than previously reported: health.ucdavis.edu/health-news/co…

The purpose of this study from Drs. Sean Woolen (@UCSFImaging), Ann Lazar (UCSF Epidemiology & Biostatistics) & Rebecca Smith-Bindman (Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD / RORL) was to estimate the association between frequent (at least 2 times per week) perineal talcum powder use & #ovariancancer. bit.ly/3uPIO6C

I'm pleased to share that the paper that I co-authored w/ Drs. Whitebird & Solberg, "Strategies for Dose Optimization: Views from Health Care Systems," has been published in JACR! You can now read this paper online with free access until 5/4 here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1elDO5VZMrC-…

.Health Imaging recently published this article detailing our research that examined which strategies are most effective in improving radiation safety & optimizing radiation doses in CT imaging across institutions! You can read more here: healthimaging.com/topics/practic…

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CT scans save lives, but unsafe doses can cause cancer. CMSGov wants to make radiation safety reporting voluntary. Patients deserve protection, not risk. 👉 Tell CMS to keep protections mandatory by Sept 15: ucsf.quorum.us/campaign/make_…