There is 1 radiologist for every 5,861 residents in the wealthiest counties versus 1 for every 7,861 in the poorest, researchers wrote in Cureus.

The Israel-based company said it also has entered an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit for another $8 million. 

The facility is located on a 0.55-acre site in Nashville and plans to offer services including MRI, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, X-ray and mammography. 

The Linköping, Sweden-based company did not name the customer, but said the hospital group serves a “multi-million strong” patient community. 

ACR is concerned such a scenario would result in delayed and highly variable coverage determinations across the U.S. 

Nearly 18% of patients receive follow-up imaging or invasive procedures despite negative findings on lung cancer screening CT. 

The latest Class I recall is due to mechanical issues that can cause the devices to stop charging their batteries. 

Rebecca Hahn, MD, examines the growing role of the dedicated interventional echocardiographer and how these imagers are paid.

“If we can deploy our model on a population-level ECG screening, we would be able to pick up many more of these patients before they have irreversible damage,” a cardiologist behind the new study explained.