AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Health informatics firm DeepHealth , a subsidiary of RadNet , has made an agreement with ConcertAIs TeraRecon business to incorporate TeraRecons AI-enabled diagnostic tools into DeepHealths cloud-native platform and diagnostic suite to create a unified diagnostic radiology workspace.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

and radiology has learned much since then, according to experts who directly dealt with the diseases impact. While the pandemic affected medical operations across the country, the experts said that radiologists developed and honed their sense of resiliency as imaging was placed on the front lines.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The use of AI in thoracic imaging has begun to demonstrate "cumulative evidence of effectiveness," but more testing and research are needed to determine its feasibility for this application, according to a commentary published February 25 in Radiology. van Beek, MD, of the University of Edinburgh in the U.K.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Implementing a clinical decision support system (CDSS) had little effect on reducing inappropriate imaging orders by doctors in university hospitals, according to a study published February 10 in JAMA. The primary outcome measure was the proportion of inappropriate imaging requests made per department before and after implementation.

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Radiology Business

MAY 26, 2023

“To achieve organizational objectives in an ever-evolving landscape, imaging providers must develop strategies to meet increased demand for services,” Sg2 experts advised.

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Radiology Business

MAY 24, 2024

Consulting firm Vizient published its fifth annual imaging trends report, highlighting issues such as staffing, remote scanning, AI, sustainability and "systemness."

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 2, 2025

The crew will be in orbit for three to five days and will conduct more than 20 science experiments, including taking images of each other with an ultraportable x-ray machine. The Fen2 mission launched on March 31 at 9:46 p.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 11, 2025

Medical imaging is the economic artery of modern diagnostics, with AI-driven advancements prompting clinicians to rethink how they interpret scans. For instance, the global medical imaging AI market 1 is projected to expand eightfold by 2030, reaching an estimated $8.18 Ravinder Singh. Vaibhavi Sonetha, PhD.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 20, 2025

Private equity firm HCAP Partners has launched Integrated Diagnostic Services, a mobile diagnostics company focused on expanding access to mobile imaging and lab services. The services are meant for residents of skilled nursing facilities, long-term care facilities, and home health providers.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 2, 2025

A significant percentage of imaging studies ordered by office-based healthcare providers are self-interpreted rather than referred to radiologists for reading, according to researchers from the Harvey L. The study was published April 2 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI).

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 6, 2025

Private equity acquisition is on the rise in radiology, according to an analysis published March 5 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. High private equity penetration may allow firms to negotiate higher reimbursements and increase imaging utilization, the duo wrote. Radiology Specialists (6.7%).

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Health Imaging

AUGUST 2, 2024

American College of Radiology CEO Dana Smetherman, MD, is a diagnostic radiologist who specializes in breast imaging. She spoke to Health Imaging about some key issues that have her attention in 2024 and beyond.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

With 100% of precincts now reporting, we’re finally ready to declare this year’s winners in our annual awards program recognizing excellence in radiology. The voters also zeroed in on the ongoing shortage of radiologists as the Biggest Threat to Radiology. Most Influential Radiology Researcher Minnies 2024 Winner: Erik H.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Affinity Equity Partners is buying 30-year-old Lumus Imaging, which employs over 2,000 imaging experts and support staff across 150 care sites.

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Radiology Business

JULY 22, 2024

UNC Health undertook this exercise with a focus on pediatric diagnostics, according to a study published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 14, 2025

Overall, the professional component reimbursement for our sample practice is estimated to decrease 2.16% while global reimbursement is estimated to decrease 3.55% from 2024 levels, based on the same volume of services.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2024

PET/CT imaging can serve as a metabolic guide to increase the accuracy of needle biopsies in patients with suspicious lung nodules, according to a study published January 18 in the European Journal of Radiology. Image courtesy of the European Journal of Radiology. A team that included researchers in the U.K.,

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

IR's evolution as a primary specialty, coupled with an "explosion" in diagnostic exams, have contributed to friction between the two professions.

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Radiology Business

MAY 21, 2024

The FIND Act is supported by several industry stakeholders including ACR and the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 28, 2024

With AI-mediated cyberattacks on the rise, radiologists can find it challenging to balance prompt patient access to diagnostic imaging while safeguarding sensitive healthcare data. However, the evolving radiology informatics landscape in clinical practice presents an ongoing data breach security challenge. Shujah Das Gupta.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

CMS is moving forward with a proposal to issue separate reimbursement for radiopharmaceuticals—a change long lobbied for by the imaging industry.

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Radiology Business

MAY 5, 2024

Meanwhile, ARA Diagnostic Imaging's Stacy Sanso received the President’s Award while Central Oregon Radiology Associates' Jamie Dyer took home the Young Professional Award.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2024

CHICAGO Philips brought a range of new AI-enhanced offerings to RSNA 2024 aimed at bolstering efficiency and improving workflows for radiologists and radiologic technologists. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Radiology Operations Command Center (ROCC) Console software device. tesla BlueSeal MR wide-bore scanner.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 21, 2024

Founded in 1943, the private practice has a network of 16 diagnostic imaging facilities overseen by its staff of "deeply" subspecialized radiologists.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Some of my radiological heroes would report a staggering 30,000 to 40,000 radiographs a year. The scanners could reconstruct images faster than we could report them. I remember the crossing of this particular radiological Rubicon about 15 years ago here in the U.K. I still don’t know how they did it.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 15, 2024

Radiology administrators are confident that diagnostic and interventional radiology will continue to grow as a profit center, according to The MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) new report for the second quarter of 2024. Graphic courtesy of The MarkeTech Group.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 16, 2024

Norway has worked to address unnecessary imaging in its public healthcare system, sharing lessons learned in the journal Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

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Radiology Business

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Metairie, Louisiana-based radiology group is acquiring Houston MRI & Diagnostic Imaging, ballooning its center total to 48 across five states.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 18, 2024

Radiology administrators remain positive that diagnostic and interventional radiology will continue to grow as a profit center, according to The MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) report for the third quarter of 2024. Image courtesy of The MarkeTech Group.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 8, 2025

Deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI) was highly aligned with F-18 FDG-PET -- a cornerstone of dementia diagnostics -- in patients with Alzheimer's disease in a study published April 8 in Radiology. DMI can be performed with the same MRI scanner that supplies standard structural images, the authors explained.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2024

diagnostic radiology residents making their decision to pursue fellowship, a study published January 19 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. Researchers led by Evan Hicks from the University of Arkansas also found that neuroradiology, musculoskeletal, and body imaging are the most popular specialties.

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Radiology Business

JULY 12, 2024

"The failure of CMS to make virtual supervision permanent is certainly disappointing,” attorney and radiology policy expert Tom Greeson wrote Thursday.

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Diagnostic Imaging Medicare Diagnostic Imaging 274

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 1, 2024

"Specifically, women want to be fully informed about the use of AI in healthcare and they want to retain human interaction in the diagnostic process." Previous research suggests that people are optimistic about AI in imaging. However, this is not a one-size-fits-all group thought.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 24, 2024

To establish PET services without a CON under the new law, the provider only needs to become accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR) within two years of being licensed. CON laws are state regulatory mechanisms for approving major capital expenditures and projects for certain healthcare facilities, the firm said.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It's better to take Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) upgrading rules into account when it comes to deciding whether a patient with clinically significant prostate cancer needs a biopsy, researchers have reported. "[Our]

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Radiology Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The two giants in their respective industries plan to debut the first “MammogramNow” clinic Dec. 8 at the supercenter in Milford, Delaware.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Most published articles testing ChatGPT in radiology show that the technology offers impressive performance, although there continue to be opportunities to improve it, according to a team in Cleveland. The team's findings were published October 20 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

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