Text-Based Intervention Increases Mammography Uptake at an Urban Safety-Net Hospital.

Background: The low mammography rates at the authors' safety-net hospital (SNH) are associated with higher rates of late-stage disease. Previously, they showed that a phone call-based intervention with reminder and scheduling components significantly increased mammography uptake by 12% in their population, but implementation was resource-heavy. This study analyzed whether a text-based intervention with reminder and scheduling components could increase mammography uptake at 3 months compared with usual care.

Mammography Positioning Standards in the Digital Era: Is the Status Quo Acceptable?

Objective: The objective of our study was to evaluate positioning of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) compared with film-screen (FS) mammography positioning standards.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted of consecutive patients who underwent screening FFDM in 2010-2012 and DBT in 2012-2013 at an academic institution. Examinations were performed by five experienced technologists who underwent updated standardized positioning training.