Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a crucial component of healthcare to help augment physicians and make them more efficient. In medical imaging, it is helping radiologists more efficiently manage PACS worklists, enable structured reporting, auto detect injuries and diseases, and to pull in relevant prior exams and patient data. In cardiology, AI is helping automate tasks and measurements on imaging and in reporting systems, guides novice echo users to improve imaging and accuracy, and can risk stratify patients. AI includes deep learning algorithms, machine learning, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, and convolutional neural networks.

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Peak AI hype seems to have passed. Sobered by reality, formerly breathless futurists can now get a fair hearing when they calmly state the technology really will transform medicine.
AI flags hard-to-detect heart disease in seconds
The new deep learning algorithm is capable of detecting signs of coronary microvascular dysfunction in seconds.
Radiology dominates FDA-cleared AI, but reimbursement lags far behind
As of January 2026, there will only be two CPT category 1 payment codes for newer AI, despite there being hundreds of FDA-cleared medical imaging algorithms.
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Physicians love AI scribes. Has anyone thought to ask patients what they think?
Dozens of new AI-powered devices make FDA's list of approvals
The list, which was updated during the first week of December, now contains over 1,300 artificial intelligence-enabled medical devices.

AI triage software significantly reduces radiology report turnaround times, with a caveat

Researchers with the U.S. FDA recently assessed the impact of one such product for pulmonary embolism, with mixed results depending on the time of day.

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AI-driven medical benefits servicer hit with data breach

Healthcare Interactive confirmed the cyberattack in a statement released last week; however the details have yet to be reported to HHS. The incident happened in July.

AI turns mammograms into CVD risk assessments—no outside data required

Thanks to AI, clinicians can use mammograms to do a lot more than identify signs of breast cancer. Researchers explored data from nearly 50,000 patients, presenting their findings in Heart.

Fewer than 30% of FDA-cleared AI devices share key safety, adverse event info prior to approval

A new analysis is prompting questions regarding how rigorously many of the AI-enabled tools approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are evaluated prior to their clearance.

AI delivers helpful heart health advice—but not every time

AI-powered chatbots can be valuable resources when users have questions about cardiovascular health—but they are still far from perfect.

Does BMI affect AI's accuracy when assessing CT scans?

AI is only as effective as the data it was trained on, and many datasets lack diversity in terms of patient body mass index.

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Meet a robot surgeon who could operate on patients with no human in the room.

Cigna will cover CT imaging artificial intelligence software nationwide

The Bloomfield, Connecticut-based payer has committed to covering plaque analysis software offered by several competing vendors including Heartflow.

Artificial Intelligence

Immersing new docs in all things AI | Forecasting without hyping healthcare AI | And more AI doings of note

AI flags hard-to-detect heart disease in seconds

Radiology dominates FDA-cleared AI, but reimbursement lags far behind

AI news & views of note: What patients think of AI scribes, 5 must-have principles for enterprise-wide adoption, more

Dozens of new AI-powered devices make FDA's list of approvals