In light of their findings, providers should consider adopting the approach in clinical practice, researchers said during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference.
This role has created controversy in some circles, but experts with the Perelman School of Medicine say extenders make business sense, when deployed strategically.
The Arkansas-based corporation recently announced the launch of its new business line, Walmart Insurance Services, and is already licensed in all 50 states.
The offending study, which claimed an algorithm could beat out human radiologists, is just one of many examples of this problematic pattern, the group wrote in Nature.