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When preparing for life as both doctors and parents, new mothers and mothers-to-be suffer significantly less burnout if they’re supported by targeted, well-planned support. 

The company keeps gaining momentum thanks to the success of its AI-powered imaging software. 

President Trump's presidential proclamation Sept. 19 to implement a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications had immediate backlash from dozens of medical societies. Groups like the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) said this will cut off the flow of foreign physicians into the U.S. at a time when we cannot graduate enough American physicians to fill positions in a healthcare system that is facing a rapidly growing physician shortage.

SCAI said reversing the processing hold allows physicians to continue serving patients and helps stabilize the workforce.

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Stryker Sustainability Solutions is recalling more than 8,000 reprocessed medical devices. This is a Class II recall, according to the FDA, and these devices should no longer be used to treat patients.

Devi Nair, MD, director of electrophysiology and research, St. Bernards Medical Center and Arrhythmia Research Group, spoke with Cardiovascular Business at the Heart Rhythm 2026 meeting in the above video interview. She explained both the explosion of PFA use since the first FDA approvals in 2024, and the recently discovered complications of coronary vessel spasm and hemolysis and how newer PFA technology might address this.

Devi Nair, MD, reviewed some of the rare complications clinicians are seeing with PFA.

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“According to widespread reports from the breast imaging community, these shortages are creating immediate and substantial challenges for breast imaging practices nationwide," ACR warned the FDA in a letter May 11. 

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Meanwhile, the Maryland State Medical Society is formally urging the administration to reject the mid-year request, contending it will harm patients and providers. 

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John S. Scales, MD, a vascular and interventional specialist with Radiology Associates of Ocala in central Florida, has agreed to the terms, according to the state. 

One imaging policy expert called this stance from ACR and ASRT a “devastating blow” to physician offices and independent diagnostic testing facilities who use virtual supervision for Medicare patients. 

Maui Imaging

Founded in 2006 by Don and Dave Specht, the Arizona company’s computed “echo tomography” product uses sound waves to cross through body barriers for “rapid and effective imaging.” 

WashU AI device earns FDA's Breakthrough Device designation.

The technology is said to be twice as accurate at predicting five-year cancer risk compared to current risk assessment methods.

Alan Matsumoto, MD, FSIR, FACR, FAHA, Chairman of Board for the American College of Radiology, professor of radiology and chair of the Department of Radiology, at the University of Virginia, explains ACR support for the Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act bill in Congress that calls for appropriate use criteria to be used instead of prior authorization.

Alan Matsumoto, MD, chair of the American College of Radiology, explains ACR support for the Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act in Congress. 

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When preparing for life as both doctors and parents, new mothers and mothers-to-be suffer significantly less burnout if they’re supported by targeted, well-planned support. 

The company keeps gaining momentum thanks to the success of its AI-powered imaging software. 

SCAI said reversing the processing hold allows physicians to continue serving patients and helps stabilize the workforce.