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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.

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.

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.

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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Cybersecurity researcher provides more details on $200K ransom pinned on Doctor Alliance

The outlet DataBreaches.net was able to gather more details on the alleged hack of the healthcare billing automation platform, said to be perpetrated by a notorious cybercriminal.

Toddler dies after allegedly being given 10 times too much potassium due to decimal error

A lawsuit contends that De’Markus Page, 2 years old, died because no one at University of Florida Health’s Shands Teaching Hospital spotted the errors, which should have been labeled as a “red flag” by EHR systems.

CT colonography the most cost-effective cancer screening option for many

Findings from the Neiman Health Policy Institute and Northwell Health indicate that CTC is especially beneficial for underserved populations.

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FDA clears ultrasonic surgical aspiration tech for cardiac surgery

The technology, developed by New Jersey-based Integra LifeSciences, is already approved for several other specialties, including neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery.

Prosthesis-patient mismatch after TAVR may not negatively impact quality of life

Researchers warned that “aggressive procedural modifications” should not be necessary during TAVR to mitigate the risk of prosthesis-patient mismatch. This appears to be true for patients receiving both self-expanding and balloon-expandable TAVR valves.

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House Democrats push for last-ditch amendment to protect ACA subsidies for 3 years

With the U.S. Senate passing a funding agreement to reopen the federal government, the House of Representatives will now have a chance to make changes—though there’s little chance this particular amendment will succeed.

Patient dies when surgical blade is left inside him, spurring $1M malpractice lawsuit

The family of Jeffrey Alan Fulcher, 58, sued the Medical University of South Carolina after the father of three died six days after undergoing a minimally invasive procedure to remove part of his esophagus. The state, on behalf of the hospital, settled the case out of court.

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