The authors tracked more than 108,000 patients who suffered their first heart attack between 2009 and 2013.

The pair of pulmonary and critical care providers with two prominent hospitals acknowledged that such imaging is well-intended, but noted that this practice is outdated and lends little benefit to the patient. 

The news comes just days after Major League Baseball began its pandemic-shortened season.

In larger academic medical centers, it is common for radiologists to spend entire careers never deviating from their narrow expertise, physicians wrote in Clinical Imaging. 

Most volunteers had cardiac abnormalities upon imaging, regardless of preexisting conditions, disease severity and time from diagnosis, doctors reported in JAMA Cardiology.

Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City has pioneered a lot of innovation. This time it’s digital pathology. They’re all in with research and consultation and dawning with primary diagnostics, thanks to a jump-start from COVID-19, and a recent FDA clearance of Sectra Digital Pathology Solution for image viewing. 

Digital breast tomosynthesis has proven to be more effective than traditional mammography, notably in the millions of women with dense breasts.

Emory Healthcare used Lean Six Sigma methods to dramatically improve its processes, experts detailed in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 

A blockchain startup headquartered in the British Virgin Islands is organizing a global, healthcare-specific online hackathon with a prize pool of 15,000 euros, or around $17,500.

Plus, radiologic technologists strike in California, and Maine looks to grant physician assistants more authority.