A new medical image-sharing network is being touted as tool that can help reduce unnecessary exams and cut patient radiation exposure…So far, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, a 1,039-bed hospital in New York; the UCSF Medical Center, a 660-bed hospital in San Francisco; and the University of Maryland Medical Center, a 702-bed hospital in Baltimore, have enrolled patients in the network. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.) and the University of Chicago Medical Center (Illinois) are expected to enroll patients.

Modern Healthcare, by Jaimy Lee, 11/29/11

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