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Hospital fails to dodge $10M malpractice verdict after attempting to pin payment on radiologist

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A nurse punctured the 68-year-old patient's lung with a feeding tube in 2018, and radiologist Louis Jacobs, MD, subsequently failed to spot the injury on X-ray.

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

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The voters also zeroed in on the ongoing shortage of radiologists as the Biggest Threat to Radiology. In 2018, Fishman received an endowed professorship from Johns Hopkins. New strategies will be needed to train the next generation of radiologists, and I'm very excited about these new opportunities," he said. from Ukraine.

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Lunit AI Releases Successful Study Results on Breast Cancer Screening Deployment

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This study, conducted at Capio S:t Göran Hospital in Sweden, reinforces the real-world impact of Lunit INSIGHT MMG, which has successfully replaced one of the two human readers in the hospital’s double-reading breast cancer screening protocol. tim.hodson Mon, 12/02/2024 - 11:22 Dec.

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AuntMinnie 2018: NIH releases massive database of chest x-rays

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Our top article in 2018 covered an important early development that supported efforts to train AI algorithms. The NIH Clinical Center is the country's largest hospital devoted entirely to clinical research, and patients who are seen there voluntarily agree to participate in clinical trials.

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Enable Me Cites New Research by Siemens Healthineers Concluding Job-Related Physical Stresses and Strains for Radiologists Are Resulting in More Turnover and Fewer Entering the Profession

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More research findings A 2018 study by Nottingham University Hospitals in England concluded: “Conventional mammography technique requires the mammographer to move into awkward and strenuous positions with the patients standing throughout the procedure. Click here for a link to download the Siemens report.

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Pediatric radiologists should handle breast mass cases in children

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In her presentation, Valeria Peña-Trujillo, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, discussed her team’s findings, showing that breast masses in this patient population are benign and most commonly present as fibroadenoma. For example, children may associate adult hospitals with serious illness, adding to their anxiety.

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AI shows promise as first reader in breast cancer screening

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Researchers led by Mohammad Elhakim, MD, from Odense University Hospital found that a standalone AI system achieved high specificity as a first reader and for combined reading, along with moderate sensitivity for both reading scenarios. The team included data from 257,671 screening mammograms performed between 2014 and 2018.

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