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NASCAR Street Race Will Impact Travel to Some Northwestern Medicine Locations in Chicago

Streets around Grant Park in Chicago will be closed for several weeks this summer. This could impact your travel to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and some Northwestern Medicine outpatient centers. Street closures will begin on June 10 and may last through July 14. Plan extra time for travel.

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Radiology

These measures give you information about McHenry Hospital's use of medical imaging tests for outpatients based on the following:

  • Protecting patients’ safety, such as keeping patients’ exposure to radiation and other risks as low as possible
  • Following up properly when screening tests such as mammograms show a possible problem
  • Avoiding the risk, stress and cost of performing imaging tests that patients may not need

This information only includes medical imaging for outpatients. Medical imaging tests for patients who have been admitted to the hospital as inpatients are not included.

These measures are based on Medicare claims data.

Our outpatient radiology practices measures are:

Measures

Brain CT scan with sinus CT scan
Cardiac imaging tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Follow up mammogram or ultrasound
MRI for low back pain
Pediatric radiation dose for abdomen and pelvis scans
Pediatric radiation dose for head scans