Leadership at Canberra Hospital in Australia learned trainees were working unsupervised due to staffing issues more than a year before its radiology training program was handed a “D” rating, the Canberra Times reports.

Administrators at Australia’s Canberra Hospital were warned radiology trainees were working unsupervised for more than a year before their program accreditation rating dropped from an “A” to a “D” this summer, the Canberra Times has reported.

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) cardiologist Tiziano Scarabelli, MD, filed a $15 million defamation lawsuit against four colleagues and the VCU Health System’s physician group. His attorneys claim he suffered retaliation after raising concerns over patients receiving insufficient heart care during and after chemotherapy treatments, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Hospitals that are involved in two bundled payment models are less likely to utilize skilled nursing facilities, according to a new study published in HealthAffairs.

As machine learning in dermatology begins to take off, researchers should remember to include all skin types when developing algorithms for identifying skin cancer, according to an Aug. 1 viewpoint published in JAMA.

A team of Russian researchers has developed a novel MRI coil capable of producing images with three times the resolution of commercial varieties, according to a recent NMR in Biomedicine study.

Canon Medical Research Europe, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, was awarded $180,000 to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based medical imaging technology prototype that can recognize, assess and measure asbestos-related cancer tumors, according to a report published Aug. 6 by Scottish Business Insider.

Downstream costs associated with incidental pulmonary nodules are higher when ordering physicians do not adhere to radiologist recommendations or industry guidelines, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology. This gives radiologists yet another opportunity to provide additional value and help cut costs.

William Beaumont Hospital, a Detroit-area hospital system, will pay $84.5 million to settle allegations of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute for improper relationships with eight referring physicians.

Andrew Wolf, MD, a 63-year-old cardiologist, swam the English Channel to raise £20,000, or roughly $26,000, in funds for a 3D bioprinter to be used at the Bristol Children’s Hospital in the U.K.