PocketHealth has launched a platform that lets patients and providers securely request, share and store medical images without the use of CD-ROMS or networks.

Brian Lindman, MD, medical director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, explains the new American Heart Association (AHA) Target Aortic Stenosis (AS) program to screen with echo to find more AS patients. 

The findings were also found to be associated with the severity of symptoms in individuals with ASD.

The ASE launched its new, interactive EchoGuide mobile and web application, and already has about 15,000 downloads.

Researchers recently presented a new method that considers how already existing lesions grow over time as an indicator of disease progression.

And the method does not come at the expense of diagnostic yield, an uptick in adverse events or increased procedure times.

Vessel wall imaging—an MRI technique that offers high resolution images of the vessel wall—may hold clues as to the mechanisms by which COVID infections continue to cause neurologic symptoms after initial recovery in some patients.  

The procedure has a current average reimbursement rate of $4,506. The new OPPS rule would significantly increase that figure.

Independent of age, sex and BMI, lingual height was found to have the most significant association with the severity of patients' sleep apnea.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – November 9, 2022 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract with Boston Medical Center (BMC) for enterprise imaging as a subscription (Sectra One). The solution has the capability of supporting all current and future imaging needs through a common platform with advanced diagnostic and clinical tools, integrated with Epic.