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Telehealth can provide significant value when it comes to managing and monitoring patients with CVD or suspected CVD. A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association explores the latest details on this evolving treatment option. 

CMS first started allowing this perk in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with providers able to oversee exams using real-time audio and visual technology. 

The administration has now authorized a total of 69 medical products that incorporate AR/VR since 2015, including 28 in radiology. 

Wake Radiology

Also, Envision shakes up its leadership team, Wake Radiology says a key physician is retiring and VUMC names a new section chief in emergency radiology. 

Debra L. Monticciolo, MD, FACR, FSBI, past-president of both the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI), and the American College of Radiology (ACR), explains the advances in breast screening technology and the positives and negatives of each and how artificial intelligence might be able to play a role to ease workflows.

Debra L. Monticciolo, MD, past president of both the Society of Breast Imaging and the American College of Radiology, explains the advantages and disadvantages of current breast screening technology.

Semaglutide (Wegovy) injector pen. Photo by Dave Fornell

Body composition metrics derived from CT scans provide greater insight into how losing weight affects the body from a cardiometabolic perspective.

Breast arterial calcifications (BACs) identified on screening mammograms may help identify women who face a heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new analysis published in Clinical Imaging.

Specifically, women with BACs on their mammogram may be at an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Innovation at work

A referring physician orders an MRI of the lumbar spine and hits send. That order lands at three, sometimes four, outpatient imaging centers simultaneously. The center that contacts the patient first books the appointment. The rest miss out on the revenue.

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