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Siemens Healthineers inks $560M imaging and AI deal with Canadian government

Radiology Business

Providers in Canada's fourth most-populous province are seeking help in diagnosing cancer cases earlier while reducing long wait times.

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What's brewing in RT and RA legislation, policy, and standards?

AuntMinnie

A range of federal and state legislation and other developments in the works could have a significant impact on radiologic technologists and registered radiology assistants, either supporting and strengthening these professions or weakening them. Creating pressure, the U.S.

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DeepTek.ai Augmento radiology workflow platform receives FDA clearance

Imaging Technology

christine.book Thu, 05/04/2023 - 10:51 May 4, 2023 — DeepTek.ai , A Pune, India-based radiology artificial intelligence (AI) company, has announced that its AI-powered Radiology Workflow Management Solution, Augmento , has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA-cleared AI-powered radiology workflow management solution.

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Advocates, researchers herald federal breast density notification law

AuntMinnie

The doctors at every mammography facility will have to give the same lay letter to the patients.” Radiology researchers in more recent years have studied different methods of best practice for imaging women with dense breasts. Imaging societies have expressed support for the act, which was introduced in December 2022.

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Diagnosing from Afar: Teleradiology in Somalia Healthcare (Bosaso, Hargeisa, Galkayo, Garowe, Mogadishu)

Future Teleradiology

This article explores the role of teleradiology in South American healthcare, emphasizing its significance in diagnosing patients from a distance and improving medical services across the continent. This not only saves costs but also ensures patients receive timely and accurate diagnoses.

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Prenuvo: The Turtle Catcher

Ben White

By some estimates, at least a quarter of cancer diagnoses can be considered overdiagnoses. South Korea inadvertently illustrated this point when a government program, starting in 1999, offered free screenings for several common cancers. Only the rabbits can actually be fenced in.

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AuntMinnie 2015: CMS issues final CT lung cancer screening approval

AuntMinnie

More than 220,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year, and more than 160,000 people will die from it -- "more than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined," the American College of Radiology (ACR) noted in a statement. healthcare owing to the vast scope of the disease.

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