Willingness to change among radiologists and staff members (rather than leadership) has the biggest impact on lung cancer screening success, public health researchers reported Monday. 

“Paid FML is increasingly being recognized as an important issue in medicine," radiologists wrote recently in AJR. 

Another 80% of physicians believe such challenges are worse than they were in 2022, according to survey data from ASTRO. 

The study represents the largest and most comprehensive investigation of contrast-associated acute kidney injury in patients with cancer. 

There are now more than 200 independent medical imaging AI software vendors, with 73% of the funds concentrated among the top 25. 

Also, lung cancer-focused Leadoptik scores $5M in seed financing, Hyperfine earns $3M grant to extend research, and Intelerad supports new AAWR-RadEqual partnership. 

The new policy statement warns that any inaccurate or misleading claims to consumers about how their data is collected and used will be considered a violation of the FTC Act.

The new analysis, published in JAMA, suggests that CT results can help identify medium- and high-risk patients who may need to be considered for statin therapy or other preventive treatments.

These regulations varied between states and insurance plans, and they affected reimbursement as well.