| This Week’s News | | Artificial intelligence (AI) tools should always be tested across “a wide range of populations,” according to new research published in PLOS Medicine. The authors shared this warning after seeing some models perform worse when tested on data from an outside health system. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools should always be tested across “a wide range of populations,” according to new research published in PLOS Medicine. The authors shared this warning after seeing some models perform worse when tested on data from an outside health system. | | |
| CMS has released its 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule, and the biggest takeaway for radiologists is the confirmation that ordering providers must consult appropriate use criteria (AUC) before ordering advanced imaging services beginning Jan. 1, 2020. CMS has released its 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule, and the biggest takeaway for radiologists is the confirmation that ordering providers must consult appropriate use criteria (AUC) before ordering advanced imaging services beginning Jan. 1, 2020. | | |
| | A majority of patients in the United States who undergo a diagnostic imaging procedure are satisfied with the overall experience, according to the results of a new survey conducted by Healthcare Research Worldwide. However, approximately half of those patients feel anxious leading up to actual examination. A majority of patients in the United States who undergo a diagnostic imaging procedure are satisfied with the overall experience, according to the results of a new survey conducted by Healthcare Research Worldwide. However, approximately half of those patients feel anxious leading up to actual examination. | | |
| Interventional radiologist and 25-year Navy veteran Steve Ferrara, MD, lost his race against former Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton to represent Arizona’s 9th Congressional District. Ferrara, running as a Republican, was working to become the first radiologist elected to Congress. Interventional radiologist and 25-year Navy veteran Steve Ferrara, MD, lost his race against former Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton to represent Arizona’s 9th Congressional District. Ferrara, running as a Republican, was working to become the first radiologist elected to Congress. | | |
| As AI-related medical devices continue to saturate the healthcare market, regulatory agencies like the FDA are struggling to keep up with a new category of technology. As AI-related medical devices continue to saturate the healthcare market, regulatory agencies like the FDA are struggling to keep up with a new category of technology. | | |
| A deep learning algorithm developed using imaging data from more than 1,000 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients can accurately predict the presence of AD more than six years before a doctor finalizes a diagnosis, researchers reported in Radiology Nov. 6. A deep learning algorithm developed using imaging data from more than 1,000 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients can accurately predict the presence of AD more than six years before a doctor finalizes a diagnosis, researchers reported in Radiology Nov. 6. | | |
| Artificial intelligence (AI) can help predict how a breast tumor will respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), according to new findings published in the Journal of Digital Imaging. Artificial intelligence (AI) can help predict how a breast tumor will respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), according to new findings published in the Journal of Digital Imaging. | | |
| Patients prefer to receive imaging results as soon as possible, according to new research published in Radiology. They also want that information to come from their physician and over the telephone, not through a patient portal. Patients prefer to receive imaging results as soon as possible, according to new research published in Radiology. They also want that information to come from their physician and over the telephone, not through a patient portal. | | |
| | Richard Stayskal, a Green Beret from North Carolina and Purple Heart recipient, sued the federal government for $10 million after a CT scan was misread, or perhaps not read at all—resulting in him developing stage four terminal lung cancer, according to reporting from WJZY-TV in Tampa. Richard Stayskal, a Green Beret from North Carolina and Purple Heart recipient, sued the federal government for $10 million after a CT scan was misread, or perhaps not read at all—resulting in him developing stage four terminal lung cancer, according to reporting from WJZY-TV in Tampa. | | |
| Charges will be filed against ward boy Vitthal Chavan of Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India, for his involvement in the death of 32-year-old Rajesh Maru, who walked into an MRI room with a gas cylinder in January. Charges will be filed against ward boy Vitthal Chavan of Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India, for his involvement in the death of 32-year-old Rajesh Maru, who walked into an MRI room with a gas cylinder in January. | | |
| | Hear how enterprise imaging is improving productivity and physician satisfaction, return on assets, workflow, simplifying vendor management and reducing IT complexity. Hear how enterprise imaging is improving productivity and physician satisfaction, return on assets, workflow, simplifying vendor management and reducing IT complexity. | | |
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