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Private equity firm acquiring 'leading' teleradiology group that spans 48 states

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Grovecourt Capital Partners said it hopes to fuel further expansion for Miami-based Premier Radiology Services, which was founded in 2006.

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AMA working with radiology groups to fix flawed approach that’s driving Medicare payment decisions

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The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule utilizes 2006 cost information to develop practice expense relative values and resulting reimbursements.

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Racial, ethnic representation increases over time in NCDB

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They assessed individuals in both databases diagnosed with breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer in two periods: 2004 to 2006 and 2017 to 2019. The team included data from 5,175,007 individuals. Of these, 0.5% were American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.1%

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Penn. radiologist charged with child sexual exploitation

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Homeland Security Investigations in Pittsburgh and Chicago conducted the investigation leading to the indictment, with the case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat “the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse,” the statement noted.

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Cannabis may influence bowel motility

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For instance, two double-blind, experimental studies conducted in 1990 and 2006 validated delayed gastric emptying using GES in healthy volunteers after oral THC intake.

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Radiology Partners enlists IKS Health for administrative help

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Founded in 2006, IKS supports large health systems, medical groups, and risk-bearing entities across the U.S., IKS Health has partnered with Radiology Partners to implement a generative AI-powered care enablement platform intended to increase clinical capacity for radiologists. the company said.

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Can open-source AI algorithms help clinical deployment?

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million chest x-ray studies from a 13-year period (2006-2019), which yielded 1.94 To that end, the group first compiled the largest chest x-ray data set to date in the U.K. Six hospitals from three National Health Service (NHS) Trusts contributed 2.5 million usable free-text reports written by radiologists and 1.89 million frontal x-rays.

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