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With Election Day only four months away, healthcare is again emerging as a major source of idealistic campaign promises. Many of these are driven by widespread public angst. What sorts of changes can U.S. healthcare stakeholders realistically expect once the results are in? 

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Hospitals are not the only healthcare entities competing over a limited pool of qualified compliance officers. Payers, vendors and others are in the race too. But hospitals and health systems may have the most to lose if they let down their guard on adherence to regulatory rules.

MIT cancer ultrasound

Experts from MIT, where the technology was developed, are optimistic their system can be used by almost anyone, including individuals with no ultrasound experience.  

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The groups hope to standardize heart failure terminology and ensure everyone is on the same page when discussing this complex condition. 

Vandy docs first to successfully complete breast cancer surgery using intraoperative PET/CT

Once surgeons remove tumors, they use the scanner to determine whether the excised tissue is malignant, negating the need for additional pathology and enabling surgeons to precisely assess margins in real-time.

Duke University cardiology Manesh Patel, MD, FAHA, became the 2026-27 president of the American Heart Association (AHA) July 1. Photo courtesy of Duke Health

Patel, a veteran interventional cardiologist with Duke Health, was named the group's Physician of the Year in 2023. 

warning safety alert recall healthcare issue

Thousands of procedure kits used by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons are impacted by the new Class II recall. 

physician money payments dollars

Many cardiologists are earning more in 2026 than they did in 2025. However, there is a fear that compensation and wRVUs can only climb so far in this current healthcare environment before things start to stall. 

 Robert Harris, PhD, a machine learning engineer at Virtual Radiologic (vRad), outlined his team's work developing and evaluating a generative chest X-ray machine learning model for use within one of the nation's largest teleradiology practices.

While the technology remains investigational in many practices, researchers say it has the potential to improve diagnostic accuracy, streamline AI development and strengthen radiology quality assurance.

breast cancer mammography women's imaging

Radiologist Henry C. Lusane, MD, with Acumen Medical Imaging, interpreted the scans, reporting the mass as benign, a mistake later leading to a terminal cancer diagnosis. 

Cybersecurity lock

The Women’s Center for Radiology, which was acquired by Solis Mammography in January, hired a cybersecurity firm to help investigate the scope of the matter. 

cost value

Most medical societies urge their clinical-guidance developers to include cost data alongside care recommendations. Yet less than a quarter of published advisements—22.5%—contain evidence-based discussions on economic considerations or resource consumption. 

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With Election Day only four months away, healthcare is again emerging as a major source of idealistic campaign promises. Many of these are driven by widespread public angst. What sorts of changes can U.S. healthcare stakeholders realistically expect once the results are in? 

Hospitals are not the only healthcare entities competing over a limited pool of qualified compliance officers. Payers, vendors and others are in the race too. But hospitals and health systems may have the most to lose if they let down their guard on adherence to regulatory rules.

Experts from MIT, where the technology was developed, are optimistic their system can be used by almost anyone, including individuals with no ultrasound experience.