In what medical experts are calling an “extraordinarily rare” case, four European women developed breast cancer years after receiving organ donations from a single donor, according to a report published Sept. 19 by CNN.

Healthcare costs continue to balloon in the United States, and secret contracts between hospital systems and insurers may be playing a big role in keeping those costs up.

The combination of Waystar’s claims management, revenue integrity, denial and appeal management, and payments solutions and Connance’s vendor management and payment optimization solutions strengthens the revenue cycle platform.

One of India’s first established heart specialists and the country’s first female cardiologist is celebrating 60 years in the field, local outlet Hans India reported this week.

Physicians may love to take care of patients, but they aren’t as thrilled with their income, according to a recent survey.

According to one Fox News columnist, if President Donald Trump follows through on the additional tariffs on Chinese products he proposed earlier this week, numerous businesses and the healthcare sector could be “harmed to a considerable degree.” To make his point, he examined the potential impact on the medical imaging industry.

Health Imaging spoke with Eliot Siegel, MD, before this year’s SIIM Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging to learn more about challenges and opportunities related to artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging, how AI and machine learning should be incorporated into clinical applications and what the future holds for AI.

New research in Radiology suggests thermal ablation is a safe, effective primary treatment for stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer for individuals who cannot undergo lung cancer surgery because of age or health status. Researchers have also noted it is non-inferior to stereotactic radiation therapy.

In the latest in an international trade war, China has imposed $60 billion in tariffs on imported U.S. goods on Monday, Sept. 17, in retaliation against President Donald Trump imposing $200 billion worth in tariffs on Chinese imported goods—including medical imaging equipment and other healthcare technologies, NPR reports.

About 14 percent of older adults hospitalized for common, non-cardiac conditions were discharged with more intensive blood pressure medication, according to an analysis published in The BMJ. The concerning part: More than half of those patients actually demonstrated good blood pressure (BP) control in an outpatient setting, suggesting overtreatment from hospital physicians.