A healthcare AI platform supplier headquartered in Scotland is collaborating on marketing with a San Francisco-based AI startup co-founded and -led by a radiologist.

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) delegates to the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates 2022 meeting Stephen Bloom, MD, and Nishant Shah, MD, explain a new AMA policy asking Congress to revise its clinician decision support mandate. 

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School compared 89 generic drugs sold by Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) to what Medicare paid for the same drugs in 2020.

The all-cash deal follow's UnitedHealth Group's recent acquisition of LHC Group for $5.4 billion.

Unique to radiologists is that their workloads have not yet declined to the pre-pandemic levels seen in 2019 like other specialties have started to witness.

Diagnostic radiology saw its median compensation rise just 1.6% from 2020 to 2021. On the other hand, interventional radiology enjoyed a 9.9% raise. 

Preoperative MRI use increased substantially from 2003 to 2016—from 2.9% to 28.2% to be exact—but the modality remained underutilized in certain regions and among specific populations in the United States.

The AMA says there will be numerous major public health impacts if global temperatures continue to rise, adopting three new policies to address this ongoing trend.