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Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) President Srihari S. Naidu, MD, professor of medicine at New York Medical College, explains the SCAI initiative to improve outcomes in cardiogenic shock by monitoring and lowering patient lactate levels.
SCAI: To improve cardiogenic shock outcomes, reduce lactate levels

SCAI feels this is the best way forward to try lowering mortality rates, but the group is asking cardiologists to help by gathering more data. 

Siemens Healthineers and Boston Scientific partner on next-generation intracardiac echo for LAAO

The agreement also will make Boston Scientific the exclusive distributor for the new ICE catheter optimized for left atrial appendage occlusion workflows.

The U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for the latest release of Philips Healthcare's Cardiovascular Workspace imaging and information management system. It enables cloud-hosted availability and software-as-a-Service (SaaS) deployment.
FDA clears new cloud-enabled Philips cardiovascular IT system

The cloud-enabled system provides the foundation for future AI-enabled tools, better workflows and analytics.

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Healthcare AI today: Exhorted doctors, shifting nurses, safe psychologists, more

The AMA is imploring physicians to serve as ‘full partners’ with other AI stakeholders throughout the technology’s life cycle in relevantly equipped clinical devices. 

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Teleradiology firm must pay $715K judgment to overseas outsourced imaging group

Univabs took The Radiology Group to court in May after an independent arbitrator ruled TRG owed the India-based imaging firm the six-figure sum, which it refused to pay. 

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Retired radiologist announces bid for state senate seat

Democrat Gillian Battino, MD, officially announced her bid in Wisconsin’s 29th District after previously running for a U.S. Senate spot in 2021. 

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Radiologist-led breast imaging AI vendor Clairity raises $43M

Founded in 2020 by Mass General’s Constance Lehman, MD, PhD, Clairity offers the first AI tool to predict five-year breast cancer risk from routine mammograms. 

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Radiology societies endorse bill to lift ban on physician-owned hospitals

Medical societies including the American College of Radiology and Society of Interventional Radiology recently announced their support for H.R. 4002. 

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RadNet expands partnership with GE HealthCare, acquires another tech company

GE plans to integrate DeepHealth AI solutions into its ultrasound portfolio, with RadNet also recently acquiring cloud services provider Cimar UK. 

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Siemens to unload majority stake in Healthineers imaging business

The Munich, Germany-based company is doing so by transferring 30% of total shares in Siemens Healthineers over to the parent company’s stockholders. 

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American College of Radiology updates imaging appropriateness criteria with 13 new topics

Its latest update covers scenarios such as abdominal or chest pain in a pediatric patient, chronic pancreatis, and imaging after a liver transplant. 

$200K ransom demanded of Doctor Alliance after hackers say they stole 1.2M files

Someone self-identifying as "Kazu" posted a sample of the data trove on a dark web forum, which was discovered by cybersecurity researchers. The company has not confirmed a data breach occurred.

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SCAI: To improve cardiogenic shock outcomes, reduce lactate levels

SCAI feels this is the best way forward to try lowering mortality rates, but the group is asking cardiologists to help by gathering more data. 

Cardiovascular Business
Siemens Healthineers and Boston Scientific partner on next-generation intracardiac echo for LAAO

The agreement also will make Boston Scientific the exclusive distributor for the new ICE catheter optimized for left atrial appendage occlusion workflows.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA clears new cloud-enabled Philips cardiovascular IT system

The cloud-enabled system provides the foundation for future AI-enabled tools, better workflows and analytics.

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