Continually updated mortality models based on adverse events and end-organ function are better at showing which transplant candidates most urgently require a new heart, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Modulated Imaging, an Irvine, California-based vendor, announced this week that its Clarifi Imaging System has received FDA 510(k) clearance.

Modern telecommunications carry an incredible amount of potential to improve monitoring and treatment of mental health conditions. Often, it can directly save lives. While technological advancement has occurred at a staggering pace, challenges remain in designing apps to best collect data from patients’ phones.

The U.S. will soon spend close to 20 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health, according to The Wall Street Journal, up from the current level of about 18 percent. In December 2017, the healthcare industry became the nation’s largest employment sector. 

Integrating structured field trips to the imaging department during a four-week radiology clerkship could help expose medical students to the patient-centered, team-based aspects of the specialty, according to a review published this July in Academic Radiology.

Training radiology residents for on-call duties using a blended-curriculum model—known as a flipped classroom—has been gaining traction in graduate medical education. A recent study found integrating a cloud-based PACS viewer further improved trainee comprehension and comfort.

Lung cancer mortality rates among women around the world could increase by 40 percent by 2030, according to a new study published in Cancer Research. Breast cancer mortality rates, meanwhile, are expected to decrease by 9 percent.

Medicaid managed care is far from perfect, with several integrity program risks, according to a recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

New analysis in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology notes an increase in the proportion of female senior and first authors in cardiology literature.

Researchers have developed an online tool to more accurately calculate which middle-aged individuals are at the highest risk of heart attack or stroke during the next 10 years.