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According to Heartflow, Cleerly's actions represent “one of the most egregious examples of piracy in the medical technology industry.” Cleerly commented on the lawsuit, defending the value and integrity of its products. 

Heartflow artificial intelligence CCTA images

The Mountain View, California-based company—which creates personalized models of the heart from CT scans—is taking rival Cleerly to court. 

belt tightening

If the budget makes it through Congress intact as submitted—a big if even with the president’s party in the majority in both chambers—healthcare is in for some strict belt-tightening. 

Microbot Medical LIBERTY robotic endovascular system

The system was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September and was adopted by the interventional team at Atlanta-based Emory shortly after.

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital

An exclusive interview with Scott Steiner, CEO of Phoebe Putney—a nonprofit health system that serves Southwest Georgia. 

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Women who underwent mammograms at the facility during the specified timeframe may need to have those exams repeated. 

Cardiologist heart

Job growth in cardiology is expected to outpace other healthcare specialties in the years ahead. The demand for new cardiologists is so high, however, that the current shortage is not expected to end anytime soon.

Darryl Drevna, senior director of regulatory affairs, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), explains why the group objects to a near-complete freeze in an annual payment adjustment for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, arguing it fails to keep pace with the real-world costs of delivering care to Medicare patients.

The American Medical Group Association explains why it has issues with the payment adjustment for Medicare Advantage plans, arguing it fails to keep pace with the real-world costs.

U.S. FDA Sign

In October, Harrison.ai submitted a citizen petition seeking greater flexibility in the 520(k) clearance process for certain computer-aided detection devices.

Edwards Evoque transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement TTVR

TTVR has made a major impact on heart patients all over the world. Just like aortic and mitral valve replacement, however, paravalvular leak is a serious complication that can lead to much worse outcomes.

William P. Shutze, MD, FACS, secretary of the Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS), a vascular surgeon with Texas Vascular Associates in Plano, Texas, and a clinical associate professor of medicine at Texas A&M College of Medicine, explains the goals of the SVS quality assessment program.

More than 7,000 physicians from a wide variety of healthcare specialties are already participating in the project.

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Orchard Park, New York-based Southtowns Radiology Associates and eight of its doctors filed the suit against Gregory R. Ball, MD, PhD, on April 3. 

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According to Heartflow, Cleerly's actions represent “one of the most egregious examples of piracy in the medical technology industry.” Cleerly commented on the lawsuit, defending the value and integrity of its products.