http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Each year, more than two million critically ill patients are transferred from one hospital emergency department (ED) to another for appropriate care. With the ability to successfully import data from a CD-ROM containing the patient's diagnostic medical images, hospitals may be able to significantly reduce unnecessary medical imaging tests, some of which expose patients to radiation. These findings are reported in a new study published in the July issue of Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-cd-image-import-unnecessary-imaging.html Other Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:32:10 EST news222406315