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Hospital giant Intermountain Health to acquire Las Vegas radiology practice

The Salt Lake City-headquartered nonprofit is buying Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging for an undisclosed sum, with the integration taking place sometime after Jan. 1.

Hospital lobby strongly urges Medicare to delay model targeting ‘wasteful’ radiology services

The American Medical Association also recently held a webinar about WISeR to share key details with physicians.

Rural hospital switches to private equity-backed radiology provider

Hillsdale Hospital has entered an agreement with Miami-based Premier Radiology Services, with the new arrangement starting Oct. 21.

Married couple in New York arrested for stealing $3M from Medicaid

Rohail Raja, 45, and his wife, Sharma Alam, 45, are charged with first-degree grand larceny which carries a possible penalty of 25 years in prison. The duo are accused of submitting fraudulent bills to Medicaid for transportation services they never delivered.

Russian cybercrime group hits PBM with ransomware

Hackers at Qilin claimed credit for a data breach at MedImpact, a pharmacy benefit manager serving insurance plans. The company said the incident is still under investigation, and so far it appears no protected health information was compromised.

Healthcare supply giant Medline announces IPO, valued at $50B

The company announced its IPO filing on Tuesday. Medline said it expects new investors to bring in a $5 billion influx of funds. A date has not been set for the stock’s listing on NASDAQ.

FDA clears new cloud-native advanced imaging suite

The product will become available to certain users as early as next week, according to a news release on its recent approval.

Which LLM is best for explaining radiology results?

With patients gaining access to imaging reports earlier than ever, it's critical they have access to large language models that can accurately summarize the results.

AI cardiology heart artificial intelligence deep learning

New AI model uses ECG images to evaluate heart failure risk

The advanced algorithm only needs an image or photograph of a 12-lead ECG to make its assessment.

Cardiologists in Spain encountered an unexpected complication in a 78-year-old transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patient, highlighting the experience in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

TAVR valve’s spontaneous leaflet rupture highlights importance of long-term follow-up

Cardiologists believe this is the first time this exact complication has been reported. Even patients who present with no known risk factors, they said, should receive regular follow-up care to ensure such incidents do not go untreated.

DL model identifies and segments lung tumors on CT scans.

Deep learning model halves lung tumor segmentation times

In a new clinical study, the model was able to maintain its performance on scans completed on different types of CT equipment across multiple medical centers.

How 1 radiology department cut its mammography turnaround times by 39%

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Medicine saw its peak processing of breast images climb to 198 hours or about 8.25 days, necessitating changes.

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Radiology Business

Hospital giant Intermountain Health to acquire Las Vegas radiology practice

The Salt Lake City-headquartered nonprofit is buying Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging for an undisclosed sum, with the integration taking place sometime after Jan. 1.

Radiology Business

Hospital lobby strongly urges Medicare to delay model targeting ‘wasteful’ radiology services

The American Medical Association also recently held a webinar about WISeR to share key details with physicians.

Radiology Business

Rural hospital switches to private equity-backed radiology provider

Hillsdale Hospital has entered an agreement with Miami-based Premier Radiology Services, with the new arrangement starting Oct. 21.