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The company has signed a "memo of understanding" with GE HealthCare, helping it to build a new cloud-based product suite. 

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The FDA is getting AI-aggressive about speeding up device reviews. Its plan is to unleash generative AI on tedious and repetitive tasks.

Video of how capital investments firms are partnering with hospitals.

Deerfield Management released details on its latest Healthcare Innovations Fund program, promising to finance “promising therapeutics” and “elevating emerging technologies," including artificial intelligence. 

U.S. FDA Sign

The agency said all of its centers will be fully integrated by June 30, following the success of an early pilot where generative AI supported scientific reviews. 

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In a lawsuit, plaintiffs allege the company changed course from a long-standing policy of denying medical claims, hiding from investors its impact on profits. The insurer denies any wrongdoing and vowed to defend itself in court. 

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Integrating AI-based delegation tools into breast cancer screening settings could result in significant cost savings for organizations.

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Patients often develop AFib during cardiac surgery, leading to longer hospital stays, additional healthcare costs and a higher risk of mortality. Cooling the oblique sinus of the patient's heart as soon as AFib starts to develop may represent a new way to stop the problem in its tracks. 

Dan Budoff explains use of CCTA to track coronary disease plaque progression

Matthew Budoff, MD, detailed new data highlighting CCTA's value when it comes to tracking the progression of coronary atherosclerosis.

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It is 1 of only 5 states with no standards or licensing structure for rad techs and radiation therapists, advocates wrote in a recently published op-ed.

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Bloomberg writes about a company, Quick Health, run by a former comedy writer, who through a loophole in the law is accused of "hiring" members for fake jobs to enroll them in junk insurance policies.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed on Tuesday that Medicaid cuts would be excluded from an upcoming spending bill, as both President Donald Trump and other Republicans in Congress opposed any reduction to funding. 

Interventional radiologist radiology IR genicular artery embolization surgery

The specialty has seen significant growth in recent years, but a new analysis suggests that IR knowledge is still relatively limited outside the U.S.

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The company has signed a "memo of understanding" with GE HealthCare, helping it to build a new cloud-based product suite. 

The FDA is getting AI-aggressive about speeding up device reviews. Its plan is to unleash generative AI on tedious and repetitive tasks.

Deerfield Management released details on its latest Healthcare Innovations Fund program, promising to finance “promising therapeutics” and “elevating emerging technologies," including artificial intelligence.