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Imaging manufacturer Guerbet faces financial challenges following recent FDA warning

Regulators recently scolded the France-based pharmaceutical firm for safety issues that occurred at its plant in Raleigh, North Carolina, which produces imaging contrast agents.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Gail's Law

Wisconsin passes legislation requiring insurers to cover supplemental breast imaging

Dubbed "Gail's Law" after a breast cancer care advocate, the passage follows years of advocacy from radiologists and patients.

Fraudster faces 3 years in prison for role in $14M imaging-related scheme

Sophia Shaklian, 38, of Los Angeles, and accomplices bilked Medicare of millions by submitting false claims for diagnostic imaging and hospice care that was unnecessary or never administered.

FDA clears portable photon-counting CT scanner

The system is designed for point-of-care settings such as outpatient offices, sports medicine practices and urgent care clinics.

More than 80% of clinicians have had to correct AI-supplied misinformation during patient visits: New patient + provider survey

Meanwhile members of Gen Z are twice as likely as other generations to get sneaky about their use of medical AI.

CMS leaves the ’80s behind with shift away from snail mail correspondence, fax machines

In a Final Rule revealed last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlined its plan to exchange medical records, diagnostic images and clinical notes electronically using secure protocols. Once the rule is published in the Federal Register, any HIPAA-covered entity that interacts with Medicare will have two years to follow CMS into the modern age.

Drugmaker’s stock tumbles 20% after FDA issues formal warning to executives

ImmunityBio, the developer of bladder cancer treatment Anktiva, is accused by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of disseminating “false or misleading information” about the drug's efficacy in an advertisement and podcast. The FDA said it’s not the first time it's sent a warning letter to the company’s executives over allegedly inaccurate claims.

Deepfake X-rays trick radiologists and AI

Both radiologists and AI struggle to identify 'deepfake' X-rays

Experts are cautioning that these falsified images could have serious implications for radiologists in the future.

FDA issues Class I recall on GE Carestations due to ventilation issue

The issue stems from a mode on the ventilation systems malfunctioning. Although no devices need to be removed from care settings, some will require repair.

FDA issues emergency recall on resuscitation systems due to failure code

A specific model of AutoPulse resuscitation system manufactured by Zoll is prone to a failure code that could result in inadequate chest compressions being administered to patients. The affected kits must be removed from the supply chain immediately.

Suman Tandon, MD, FASNC, a cardiac imager at St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, in Rosyln, New York, and an American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) representative to the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD), explains ASNC's concerns about artificial intelligence being used to automatically deny prior authorizations and prevent patients from accessing care.

ASNC and AMA push back against AI prior authorization denials

Suman Tandon, MD, a representative of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, explains her organization's concerns about artificial intelligence being used to automatically deny prior authorizations and prevent patients from accessing care.

High resolution DBT exams enhance early cancer detection

Recent advances in imaging technology have built on the momentum DBT utilization has created for early diagnoses.

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Imaging manufacturer Guerbet faces financial challenges following recent FDA warning

Regulators recently scolded the France-based pharmaceutical firm for safety issues that occurred at its plant in Raleigh, North Carolina, which produces imaging contrast agents.