News

5 things to know about an emerging drug-resistant fungus now putting hospitals at risk of outbreaks

Memo to health execs: If your hospital hasn’t had a C. auris scare yet, odds are quite high that it soon will.

ACC guidance explores antiplatelet therapies for the management of ASCVD

When should heart patients be taking daily aspirin? That's just one of the many questions explored in a new scientific statement.

Heart failure drug recalled due to risk of contamination

The Class II recall includes nearly 935,000 bottles of a medication that has been on the market for years.

New York cardiologist performs first procedure in US with FDA-cleared imaging tech

The OpusWave Dual Sensor Imaging System captures both IVUS and OFDI, providing users with two complementary views of the coronaries at the same time.

An example of the Novasight Hybrid System, showing its co-registered IVUS (left) and OCT intravascular imaging inside a coronary stent.

FDA clearance triggers $1.15M payment for Conavi Medical

This new funding should help the company commercialize its hybrid imaging system throughout the United States.

Robert Harris, PhD, a machine learning engineer at Virtual Radiologic (vRad), outlined his team's work developing and evaluating a generative chest X-ray machine learning model for use within one of the nation's largest teleradiology practices.

Generative AI chest X-ray models offer new approach to radiology reporting and quality improvement

While the technology remains investigational in many practices, researchers say it has the potential to improve diagnostic accuracy, streamline AI development and strengthen radiology quality assurance.

breast cancer mammography women's imaging

Radiology providers must pay $7M, modify policies after breast cancer miss

Radiologist Henry C. Lusane, MD, with Acumen Medical Imaging, interpreted the scans, reporting the mass as benign, a mistake later leading to a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Recently acquired radiology group reports data breach

The Women’s Center for Radiology, which was acquired by Solis Mammography in January, hired a cybersecurity firm to help investigate the scope of the matter.

congress money medicare washington DC senate house

Imaging industry urges Congress to oppose cuts to critical research overhead payments

Failing to fund these functions, advocates contend, will result in challenges that could potentially halt progress in imaging industry innovation.

Most stock photos fail to accurately portray the work of radiologists

Only about 9% of images examined presented a “realistic view of a radiologist’s job," according to new research out of Belgium.

UC San Diego names new radiology chair, GE CEO change, plus more leadership moves

Also, AI vendor Lunit hires a new CEO for subsidiary Volpara, Vanderbilt picks a vice chair of community radiology, and Sirona Medical selects its next chief.

CEO of Amazon’s One Medical steps down

Trent Green served in the role since September 2023. He’s leaving to take the helm at a data analytics firm.

Around the web

Health Exec