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October 6, 2011--Lexington Diagnostic Center adds a second trained Spanish medical interpreter to staff Lexington, KY
Danielle Maggs, a bilingual medical receptionist at the Lexington Diagnostic Center, has successfully passed the rigorous medical interpreting class called Bridging the Gap. This forty-hour course is designed prepare bilingual people to interpret for medical staff. Ms. Maggs joins Ms. Megan Snelling as the second trained Spanish/English Medical Interpreter on staff at the Lexington Diagnostic Center and OPEN MRI.
Deborah Winslow, the Administrator of Lexington Diagnostic Center said, “There is great need for this type of service in the Bluegrass. It is essential for all patients to be able to communicate effectively with medical staff. The more understanding there is between patients and medical staff, the more accurate the diagnosis.
We find that using children or friends of patients to interpreter is not as effective and can leave gaps in understanding. We utilize telephone interpreting when a patient speaks a language other than Spanish. ”Bridging the Gap is a course provided by The Cross Cultural Health Care group. To find out more about this group, go to this link: http://www.xculture.org/BTGwelcome.php
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February 1, 2011 Sodium Fluoride-18 (NaF-18) PET is useful for initial diagnosis, staging, re-staging and evaluation of treatment in patients with known or highly suspected bone metastases. The most common cancers that cause bone metastases are lung, breast and prostate. For more information contact our PET/Nuclear Medicine Department Toll Free at 800-755-7441 or in Lexington at 859-278-7226.
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December 2010 His on line Journal of Radiology Case Reports can be viewed at: His on line radiology community known as Radiolopolis is located at:
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November 2010
Study Shows that CT Scan Screening for Lung Cancer is Better than Chest X-ray.
A huge National Cancer Institute study was in process to settle the long debate about screening for lung cancer with low dose spiral CT as opposed to Chest X-Ray. This study was terminated early because of significant findings that favored the use of CT.
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Click here: Lung cancer trial results show mortality benefit with CT - National Cancer Institute |
According to NPR News, the “The massive National Lung Screening Trial enrolled 53,000 current or former smokers to try to settle the debate. It found 20 percent fewer deaths from lung cancer among those screened with spiral CTs than among those given chest X-rays, the NCI said Thursday, a difference significant enough that it ended the study early.”
Click here: Study: CT Scans Modestly Cut Lung Cancer Deaths : NPR
Lexington Diagnostic Center & OPEN MRI has been providing spiral low-dose CT Lung Cancer Screening for several years and continues to be a leader in Screening Imaging Technology services. LDC has long provided Cardiac Calcium Score, Virtual Colonoscopy, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Ultrasound Screening and DEXA for Osteoporosis Screening.
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Prostascint® testing for Prostate Cancer Lexington Diagnostic Center and OPEN MRI has been selected by the Cytogen Company to provide Nuclear Medicine scanning of the prostate with ProstaScint® to determine if prostate cancer has metastasized to lymph nodes or bone. This is procedure, when added with CT Fusion, has added new and valuable information to Urologists and Oncologists to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. Lexington Diagnostic Center and OPEN MRI is the only facility in the Bluegrass Area to provide this service and one of only four in Kentucky. For more information click on this link CYTOGEN.COM |
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October 2010. For immediate release, Save big on Health-care costs. Use an independent out-patient diagnostic center. You can save lots of money by having your medical imaging performed at a licensed, accredited independent out-patient imaging center such as Lexington Diagnostic Center & Open MRI (LDC). You may not be aware of the crazy practice in which insurance companies pay hospital based imaging centers much more for studies than they pay for the same studies at Lexington Diagnostic Center. Often times the insurance payment or allowable is 2, 3 or even 5 times higher for the hospital based imaging centers! In this day and age of high deductibles and high co-pays these savings can make a huge difference to your pocket book and can help keep down the cost of medical care and insurance premiums. We have discovered two actual, recent examples of this situation in relation to Central Baptist Hospital out-patient centers. In one case a CT sinus exam had a Humana Insurance allowable which was $300 more at CB's Southland Drive location than LDC's allowable would have been. In another situation a 2 view x-ray of the foot had an Anthem Insurance allowable of $160 more at CB's Hamburg location than it would have been at LDC (and at both hospital out-patient locations radiologist’s fees were not included). On these insurance company websites, comparisons for fees allowed are published for various local facilities which show the same patterns. For example, an MRI of the Lumbar Spine is reimbursed $393 (which includes the radiologist fee) at Lexington Diagnostic Center, while the price is $707 + radiologist fee at several Lexington Hospital out-patient centers and the price is $1,021 + radiologist fee for these procedures at hospitals in Georgetown, Versailles, Paris and Richmond. The differences are even more marked at hospitals in Eastern Kentucky. These are unfair business practices and makes for an unequal playing field and we are trying to remedy this practice. However, until it changes this is an opportunity for you to demand that your doctor send you to LDC for High Field MRI, Open MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear-Medicine, PET, DEXA, Arthrograms and X-rays. Your friends, family and pocketbook will love you for this tip as well as for recommending them to a facility that provides excellent services and treats all patients royally. Our billing department is available to quote estimated benefits so you can make a cost comparison for any procedure. Please feel free to call us at 859-278-6724 or toll-free at 800-600-2797. |
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August 2010 for Immediate Release: Lexington Diagnostic Center & OPEN MRI has acquired the capability of providing MRI of the prostate to demonstrate the presence and localization or the absence of cancer. This test utilizes an MRI of the pelvis area with and without contrast enhancement using a surface coil. Special MRI protocols and software (VividLook® by iCAD®) provides dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE-MRI) images that measure abnormal blood flow through leaky blood vessels that are present in cancer. Colorized maps indicate areas in the prostate that are suspicious or abnormal. The test takes about 40 minutes and does not require a rectal probe or difficult bowel preparations. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men after skin cancer. There is a one in two chance that a man will develop prostate cancer. Most cases of prostate cancer are detected by elevation of a blood test, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) and/or Digital Rectal Exam (DRE). Statistics show that when the PSA is abnormal, only 12 to 20% of men will have a biopsy positive for cancer. When the PSA is normal, 15% of men will still have cancer. At least 20% of cancers are missed when 10 to 30 random (blind) biopsies of the prostate are taken. Visualizing cancer within the prostate has been difficult because the prostate is small and deep in the body. Power Doppler Ultrasound using a rectal probe may be useful but random biopsies have been the main diagnostic tool. Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE-MRI) images have for the first time provided the ability to highlight and localize prostate cancer. This allows urologists to target specific areas of the prostate for biopsy and increase the chances for finding cancer if is there. In addition DCE-MRI can help in pre-treatment planning and in post-treatment follow up. DCE-MRI will also be useful in patients who are on blood thinners and who cannot have a biopsy.
Other diagnostic imaging tests used to evaluate prostate cancer at Lexington Diagnostic Center are Prostacint® nuclear scans, nuclear bone scans, PET scans, CT scans and chest x-rays. Lexington Diagnostic Center and OPEN MRI is the exclusive provider in the Bluegrass of VividLook® DCE-MRI and Prostacint® nuclear medicine scans. For more information contact Dr. George Privett by e-mail at: gwprivett@aol.com or by phone at 859-278-7226. |
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July 2009.....For Immediate Release The 2008 Kentucky General Assembly has passed legislation requiring Kentucky commercial insurance companies to pay for Screening Virtual Colonoscopies just as they would for any colon cancer screening test approved by the American Cancer Society. Medicare and Medicaid do not yet do so, however strong pressure is being applied to do so. Virtual Colonoscopy is recommended every 5 years for people 50 and older. For people at high risk, starting earlier and repeating more frequently may be appropriate. Lexington Diagnostic Center and OPEN MRI was the first in Lexington to perform virtual CT colonoscopy and has been doing so since 2004. |
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July 2009.....For Immediate Release FDA Releases Silicone Breast Implants for Use. Recommends Breast MRI to detect ruptures. Silicone breast implants were removed from the market for several years due to concerns about the health implication of rupture. After much research, the suspected side effects of rupture were found to be very low and silicone implants have again been released for use. However, because of concerns about local reactions or migration of the silicone from the chest wall to other organs, MRI has been recommended every 3 years to detect silent rupture. Lexington Diagnostic Center has been on the forefront of providing Breast MRI for implant rupture determination as well as for Cancer detection in women with high risk for breast cancer, or who have very dense breasts or implants. (See press release below) |
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September 2008.....For Immediate Release Virtual Colonoscopy found to be as accurate as traditional optical colonoscopy. The American College of Radiology (ACR) Imaging Network published results from their National CT colonography Trial that found that the accuracy of CT Colongraphy (virtual CT colonoscopy) was comparable to that of traditional optical colonoscopy for the detection of clinically significant colon polyps. The report was published in the New England Journal of Medicine*in September. The American Cancer Society has recommended that virtual CT Colonoscopy be included in the list of Recommended Screening tools for Colorectal Cancer in New Screening Guidelines. The ACR has supported this position by the American Cancer Society. Lexington Diagnostic Center and OPEN MRI was the first in Lexington to perform virtual CT colonoscopy and has been doing so since 2004. *Johnson CD, Chen MH, Toledano AY, et al.: Accuracy of CT colonography for detection of large adenomas and cancers. N Engl J Med 359 (12): 1207-17, 20 |
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Image Gently® Program for Children For additional information on the Image Gently program visit |
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May 2007, Breast MRI now recommended annually by the American Cancer Society and the American College of Radiology in High Risk Patients Women at high risk for Breast Cancer include:
The recommendations for all other patients not at high risk is to continue to have annual mammograms and do self examinations. |
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Follow up: Lexington Diagnostic Center 2nd annual LEAP Competition installation complete. In October 2006 Lexington Diagnostic Center hosted the 2nd annual Lexington Extraordinary Art Project. This competition was the idea of Dr. David Duboc and is designed to encourage local UK student sculptors by having a juried competition with the winner getting a commission to erect a large statue on the property of the host. The winner was Luke Achterberg whose winning entry is entitled “Getting Back Up.” Mr. Achterberg is a MFA student in the University of Kentucky School of Fine Arts and studies under Professor Garry Bibbs. The sculpture is 17 feet tall and was finished and erected in the Spring of 2008 in front of Lexington Diagnostic Center. Second place was awarded to James Kerr, Third place went to Michael Martinez and Patrick White received the Lexington Diagnostic Center Staff Pick award. |
The Sculpture was installed in the spring of 2008. The sculpture competition was judged by a panel of five including Centre College Blown Glass Artist, Steven Rolfe Powell, Erica Strecker of Strecker Studio and her husband Tony Higdon of Iron Horse Forge in Lexington, Charles E. Barhhart, III Architect with Sherman Carter Barnhart in Lexington and Deborah Drury of Deborah Drury ASID Interior Design in Lexington.
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