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Epic makes the list with its enterprise inpatient EHR and related platforms. So does PCC, aka Physician’s Computer Company, which supplies pediatric-specific ambulatory EHR and practice-management products and services. 

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Experts agree that most patients younger than 65 should be treated with surgery instead of TAVR. According to a new real-world analysis, however, more and more of these patients are undergoing TAVR.

The WhiteSwell eLym catheter-based device for lymphatic drainage in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) patients.

This new catheter-based device for lymphatic drainage showed early potential to be an effective treatment option for acute decompensated heart failure.

Marty Makary MD

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is about to become a former FDA chief. The departure comes as no surprise since President Donald Trump OK’d a plan to fire him last week. 

SCAI is inviting younger female interventional cardiologists and fellows within five years of training to participate in the WONDER (Women Exposed to Occupational Doses of Radiation) study.

Concerns about radiation are believed to be a major reason so few women pursue a career in interventional cardiology. Are they right to be worried? SCAI hopes its new analysis can shed some light on this topic. 

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Experts see enormous potential in the delivery of genicular artery embolization, with millions impacted and growing case numbers given an aging population. 

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Jennifer Palmer died at age 34 after cancer spread to her bones, with her family subsequently suing a New York radiologist, alleging she missed sings on an MRI. 

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ACR, the American Society of Neuroradiology, all 50 state medical societies and numerous others wrote to members of the U.S. House and Senate to express their frustrations on May 11. 

Senator Roger Marshall

The lawmaker is proposing the ‘‘Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025," mirroring Rep. Murphy's House bill. 

Radiologists lab coat Capitol Hill Day American College of Radiology ACR

Over 450 lab-coat clad “radvocates” took part in the annual Capitol Hill Day, which included 250 meetings held in congressional offices, ACR said May 7. 

 

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The startup has partnered with employers such as Walmart, providers and health plans (including BCBS Michigan) to steer patients to top imaging centers. 

Enlitic

The company has signed a "memo of understanding" with GE HealthCare, helping it to build a new cloud-based product suite. 

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Epic makes the list with its enterprise inpatient EHR and related platforms. So does PCC, aka Physician’s Computer Company, which supplies pediatric-specific ambulatory EHR and practice-management products and services. 

Experts agree that most patients younger than 65 should be treated with surgery instead of TAVR. According to a new real-world analysis, however, more and more of these patients are undergoing TAVR.

This new catheter-based device for lymphatic drainage showed early potential to be an effective treatment option for acute decompensated heart failure.