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Shaping the future of radiology in 2025: Trends, threats, and opportunities

AuntMinnie

Key trends include hospital consolidation of radiology services, the need for stronger cybersecurity, and innovative strategies to address staffing shortages. The hospital takeover in radiology The healthcare landscape is witnessing a notable shift as hospitals evaluate taking radiology services in-house.

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Recruiting struggles force large hospital to enact a 'drastic reduction' in interventional services

Health Imaging

The state’s fourth largest hospital will no longer provide around the clock IR coverage—something physicians at the facility fear will affect patient care.

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Senators introduce medical AI reimbursement bill

AuntMinnie

Bill proponents say this inconsistency will negatively impact clinical AI adoption and patient access to these tools. The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) is applauding the introduction of the act, saying that it will help expand opportunities for patients and physicians to benefit from these devices.

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Targeted alpha therapy’s ‘elite 8’ radionuclides

AuntMinnie

Lead on the research, Vani Vijayakumar, MD, chief of nuclear medicine at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, noted that radium-223 opened the door for TAT, with the approval in 2013 of radium-223 dichloride (Ra-223, Xofigo) for patients with advanced prostate cancer. In a year or two, I think we'll be able to get them, she said.

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

AuntMinnie

Obviously, I accepted his offer, and I taught a couple of [radiologic sciences] labs as an adjunct, and one of the first labs I was asked to teach was a patient care lab," she said. "It For example, in patient care courses there is a natural crossover. We're more than 20 hospitals now," Beyder said. "I

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MRI safety oversight: Gaps 'big enough to drive a truck through'

AuntMinnie

Gilk described his efforts to get a copy of the report about the Kaiser accident from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the state's body for licensing hospitals and healthcare providers. It soon became clear that the CDPH may not have even been aware of the incident -- likely indicating that the hospital did not report it.

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AI in Healthcare: Breaking Down Cultural Barriers to Transform Patient Care

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Consider this: From Boehmcker’s experience of helping clients implement AI solutions, he discovered that hospitals often struggle not with the technology itself, but with scarce hospital IT capacity and competing project priorities. The solution? ” The future of healthcare is being written now, and AI is holding the pen.