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Senators introduce medical AI reimbursement bill

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Congress aims to establish a steady reimbursement pathway for medical devices authorized by the U.S. A new bill introduced in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that use AI and machine learning, including those used in radiology. The Health Tech Investment Act (S. 1399) was introduced by Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) on April 9.

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RSNA 2023: Hospital imaging systems may be gateways for ransomware, expert warns

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Cybersecurity consultant Richard Staynings argued legacy medical devices are inherently insecure—and likely to remain in hospitals for decades to come.

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How can Enterprise Imaging empower radiology in the modern health network?

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While academic medical center radiology departments are expanding significantly and hospitals are adapting to health system consolidation trends, demand for innovative imaging informatics remains strong among operations and physician teams. Another, a new hospital complex is underway at University of Utah Health.

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FDA clears inHeart’s digital twin of the heart

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France-based medical device developer inHeart has received clearance from the U.S. While the software has been commercially available to clinicians in Europe, FDA clearance now allows inHEART to market the product to hospitals across the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AI-driven digital twin of the heart.

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ACR responds to Congressional query on AI reimbursement

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has also provided some reimbursement through Category I codes and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS). It remains unclear, however, that all reimbursed uses are currently adding value to patients or the health system, Thorwarth said.

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Deep-learning model predicts bone density on chest x-rays

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If this deep-learning model becomes available as a medical device, chest x-rays taken in a variety of settings, such as medical examinations, checkups, and hospitals, could be used to screen for osteoporosis,” Sato and colleagues suggest. The model achieved 79% accuracy, 96.6% sensitivity, and 34.1% accuracy, 77.1%

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How imaging AI developers can avoid pitfalls when testing algorithms

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Researchers led by Seyed Tabatabaei, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, in their clinical perspective outlined these pitfalls and made suggestions on AI model training and validation, as well as using diverse datasets.

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