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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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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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AI will transform early cancer detection, save lives in 2025

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AI models can also flag suspicious areas for provider follow-up, which could help drive consistency, reducing variability between hospitals and among physicians. Administratively, AI is boosting workplace efficiency in understaffed hospitals with limited radiology resources by helping to ensure the most critical patients are prioritized.

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All 50 U.S. states address right to repair restrictions

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The right to repair medical devices movement is gaining momentum, with all 50 states in the U.S. If enacted, this right to repair for medical devices legislation would take effect July 1. now addressing the issue through legislation.