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Data from BENEFIT-HF, a new randomized study of CVRx's implantable Barostim device, could open up access to many more heart failure patients. 

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When heart patients require aortic valve replacement, would they be a better fit for TAVR or SAVR? Such decisions are not made lightly, clinicians emphasized in a new joint statement.

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Representatives recently introduced the Medicare Physician Data-Driven Performance Payment System Act, drawing praise from the House of Medicine. 

Alan H. Matsumoto

“Dr. Matsumoto is a trusted physician leader with a long record of service to the college and a clear commitment to quality, safety and patient-centered care,” ACR CEO Dana H. Smetherman, MD, said May 4. 

Example of the four types of breast tissue density. The density of fibroglandular tissue inside the breast impacts the ability to easily see cancers. Cancers are very easy to spot in fatty breasts, but are almost impossible to find in extremely dense breasts. These examples show craniocaudal mammogram findings characterized as almost entirely fatty (far left), scattered areas of fibroglandular density (second from left), heterogeneously dense (second from right), and extremely dense (far right). RSNA

New findings support the routine use of deep learning-based risk assessments, as this method can decrease subjectivity, reduce unnecessary imaging and improve diagnostic accuracy. 

Father and Child

Becoming a father seems to make a man less likely to die young. What’s more, when a father passes away within the first five years of his child’s life, the cause is usually non-natural and thus preventable. 

Former governor of Maryland Larry Hogan joins Radiology Partners' board of directors

Rad Partners said the addition will help support the company's long-term focus on "physician-led excellence, clinical and technology innovation, and high-quality radiology services at scale."

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The American Hospital Association is working with the West Health Institute throughout the duration of the program, which will give health systems access to a digital platform packed full of resources to support technology upgrades.

Aidoc Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

Funding will help the New York-based company expand into additional clinical indications and capabilities while also supporting further development of Aidoc’s CARE Foundation Model. 

Certain corners of the healthcare AI industry continue hyping the notion that their technology will render physicians unneeded. Young people, including potential medical students, might believe the claim. Here’s help. 

Check Point Research revealed in a new report that VECT 2.0—advertised as a powerful, secure ransomware service—contains a fatal coding error that wipes victims’ data instead of encrypting it. 

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A handful of health-system CEOs took withering fire this week at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee. 

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Data from BENEFIT-HF, a new randomized study of CVRx's implantable Barostim device, could open up access to many more heart failure patients. 

When heart patients require aortic valve replacement, would they be a better fit for TAVR or SAVR? Such decisions are not made lightly, clinicians emphasized in a new joint statement.

Representatives recently introduced the Medicare Physician Data-Driven Performance Payment System Act, drawing praise from the House of Medicine.