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Matthew S. Davenport, MD, MBA, and Scott B. Reeder, MD, PhD, made their plea to patients and providers in an opinion piece published May 6 in JAMA.

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The California Franchise Tax Board had charged that the rad and his sole proprietorship could be combined to constitute a "unitary business," subject to state taxation.  

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The Scottsdale, Arizona-based radiology practice said Monday it’s seeking to scale AI across all routine imaging, hoping to deliver “preventive insights nationwide.”

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When AI fails to thrive in healthcare, the problem is usually not with an algorithm. It’s with something deeper. Three unrelated opinion pieces authored by far-flung subject matter experts hit on this theme just this week. 

Eden Radioisotopes believes the facility will have the capacity to produce up to 50% of the global demand for Mo-99 once completed.

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Regulators said the shortages of neurosurgery devices are likely to extend until the end of the year. Medline recalled its neurosurgical patties due to a potential toxicity issue. The FDA said it's looking for alternatives. 

Imaging findings could explain why treatments involving aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs are not effective in some stroke patients. 

I Robot

The digital entity gave at least one end-user a phony medical-license number. Unfortunately for the chatbot, that end-user was a state investigator. 

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Leaders voted to OK the new Practice Parameter for Imaging Artificial Intelligence during ACR’s annual meeting, being held in Washington, D.C. 

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The insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group said the shift is part of its ongoing effort to eliminate the barriers between care delivery and medical coverage. The full list of services exempt from prior authorizations includes diagnostic tests and many outpatient surgeries.

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“When hospitals that were once competitors merge, prices go up—often by double-digit percentages—with no measurable improvement in patient outcomes.”

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Hospital-at-home inpatient care is no worse than its traditional counterpart at facilitating good clinical outcomes for reasonable overall costs. In fact “HaH” is sometimes considerably better on both those scores.

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Matthew S. Davenport, MD, MBA, and Scott B. Reeder, MD, PhD, made their plea to patients and providers in an opinion piece published May 6 in JAMA.

The California Franchise Tax Board had charged that the rad and his sole proprietorship could be combined to constitute a "unitary business," subject to state taxation.  

The Scottsdale, Arizona-based radiology practice said Monday it’s seeking to scale AI across all routine imaging, hoping to deliver “preventive insights nationwide.”