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Fewer than 30% of FDA-cleared AI devices share key safety, adverse event info prior to approval
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New GE HealthCare partnership expands access to prostate cancer imaging agent
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Expert panel develops new breast biopsy guidelines
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CMS seeks to cut $260M in imaging spending through ‘site-neutral’ reforms

The agency said it hopes to control “unnecessary” increases in the volume of clinic visit services furnished at certain off-campus hospital departments.

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$22M malpractice verdict after CT scan canceled when patient couldn’t sit still for exam

Rabun County, Georgia, jurors settled on the eight-figure sum on June 26 following a trial that started 11 days prior, with Gainesville Radiology Group one of the defendants. 

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Docs sound alarm on imaging delays amid health system's 'troubling' teleradiology transition

A hospital system in Tennessee is under fire for delays getting patients’ radiology reports submitted in a timely manner following its move to outsource reads.

Pennsylvania may soon require medical imaging professionals to obtain state licensure

The state is one step closer to enacting legislation that would require imaging and radiation therapy professionals to acquire state licensure to operate radiation-producing equipment. 

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Experts raise concern about high cost-sharing for imaging in some Medicare Advantage plans

"These high costs could pose barriers to care for such plans’ beneficiaries,” researchers wrote July 1 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

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Homeland Security warns of vulnerabilities in medical imaging software

The feds cautioned that exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to write files, access unauthorized information, or crash client servers. 

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University opens $30M new research imaging center focused on liver disease

The Stravitz Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health at VCU seeks to develop new treatments that could help the millions of individuals impacted by these ailments. 

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Portable ultrasound helps novice users accurately perform breast exams

Experts from MIT, where the technology was developed, are optimistic their system can be used by almost anyone, including individuals with no ultrasound experience.  

Vandy docs first to successfully complete breast cancer surgery using intraoperative PET/CT
Vanderbilt docs 1st to use new PET imaging technique during breast cancer surgery

Once surgeons remove tumors, they use the scanner to determine whether the excised tissue is malignant, negating the need for additional pathology and enabling surgeons to precisely assess margins in real-time.

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Radiology Business
Why RadNet is betting heavily on AI to reshape radiology workflows

RadNet Chaiman and CEO Howard Berger, MD, explains why the company has invested tens of millions into DeepHealth to rapidly build up a new business model. 

 

Cardiovascular Business
AI turns mammograms into CVD risk assessments—no outside data required

Thanks to AI, clinicians can use mammograms to do a lot more than identify signs of breast cancer. Researchers explored data from nearly 50,000 patients, presenting their findings in Heart.

Radiology Business
Fewer than 30% of FDA-cleared AI devices share key safety, adverse event info prior to approval

A new analysis is prompting questions regarding how rigorously many of the AI-enabled tools approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are evaluated prior to their clearance.