As a growing percentage of employers begin to favor high-deductible health plans (HDHP), patients are likely to start price-shopping for imaging tests. This may pose a threat to radiology practices, particularly those based in hospitals, wrote authors of a new Journal of the American College of Radiology study.

IBM Watson Health has released its annual 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals Study, marking the 20th year the healthcare company has ranked the best-performing cardiovascular teaching and community hospitals in the U.S.

In a head-to-head commentary piece recently published in The BMJ, three researchers argued if AI's impact could eventually cause physicians to become obsolete.

Visla Labs, a San Francisco, California-based startup focused on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology, has raised $3 million in funding to “grow its team, scale product features, attain regulatory approval and fuel expansion and growth.” 

Artificial intelligence may help stop the “downward spiral in productivity” in the healthcare system that has been plagued by labor-intensive, inefficient administrative tasks, according to an article in the Harvard Business Review.

While many Americans were fixated on the Congressional races during the Nov. 6 midterm elections, the American Heart Association and CEO Nancy Brown kept an eye on ballot measures with implications for cardiovascular health.

A clinical and economic analysis of PCSK9 inhibitors in Canadian patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is solidifying physician concerns that the lipid-lowering drugs might be too inaccessible—or too pricey—to benefit the average heart patient.

Before healthcare providers go all-in with machine learning, the technology needs to align with safety and ethical standards, according to a recent perspective published in PLOS Medicine.