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Medicare physician fee schedule final rule 2026.

"This rule does not address the core issues driving dysfunction in the NSA process,” Radiology Associates of North Texas said May 28. 

Philips Disney ambient experience MRI

The Amsterdam-based imaging manufacturer said it will utilize beloved animated characters and stories as part of the Philips Ambient Experience. 

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Black and Hispanic individuals—known to be at greater risk of developing the degenerative disease—are significantly less likely than others to show Alzheimer’s pathology on brain scans, according to new research. 

Electric workers

A team of healthcare scholars is making U.S. states an offer they hope the border-defined polities won’t refuse: If you’ll pay for the reinvention of primary care, we’ll help sell the public on the rightness of measured, state-level efforts to preserve the profession.

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In an email, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked workers to consider supporting screenings of at-risk individuals arriving stateside. The move follows a formal recognition of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa as a Level 2 emergency, meaning the U.S. will have to take certain precautions to keep the virus from entering the country.

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The funds will fuel a four-year project to develop ultrasound technology that could improve the visualization of blood vessels deep in the body.

Walmart Health clinic in Florida

Teladoc, the popular telehealth platform, will provide urgent care, dermatology and nutrition support through Walmart’s existing virtual patient care platform. The companies made the announcement Thursday.

Currently, the organization relies on a mobile PET unit that parks once every week. However, demand has grown for PET/CT in the area, rising by around 60% over the last three years alone. 

Captive Radiology Wichita Urology mobile PET-CT

RC Capital said it’s investing in the North Canton, Ohio-based radiology vendor as it pursues nationwide expansion. 

technologist training CHCP

The country’s largest hospital system is buying the Medical Technology Management Institute and its parent company for an undisclosed sum. 

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In hospitals serving mentally unstable patients, it’s no easy job to balance sensitive patient treatment with effective worker safety. One U.S. institution has been finding out just how hard it can be. 

HCA Healthcare said the acquisition comes after years of working with CHCP to recruit medical assistants into emergency rooms at hospitals. The full terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

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"This rule does not address the core issues driving dysfunction in the NSA process,” Radiology Associates of North Texas said May 28. 

The Amsterdam-based imaging manufacturer said it will utilize beloved animated characters and stories as part of the Philips Ambient Experience. 

Black and Hispanic individuals—known to be at greater risk of developing the degenerative disease—are significantly less likely than others to show Alzheimer’s pathology on brain scans, according to new research.