RadNet teams with OB-GYN practice to launch breast imaging services across multiple locations
Publicly traded imaging center operator RadNet Inc. is partnering with an OB-GYN practice to launch breast imaging services across multiple locations, the two announced Wednesday.
The collaboration is with the largest obstetric and gynecological care provider in Florida’s Palm Beach County, serving some 60,000 women at 10 outposts in Boca Raton and Port Saint Lucie. Under the “strategic partnership,” RadNet will provide OB/GYN Specialists of the Palm Beaches with its artificial intelligence offerings, along with breast radiologist reading support.
This will include the nearly 60-year-old practice offering RadNet’s Enhanced Breast Cancer Detection (EBCD) protocol, which charges women $40 to have AI look over their mammograms.
“Our patients can now receive reliable, high-quality breast imaging from RadNet’s specialized radiologists—all within a familiar environment,” John Burgio, MD, managing member of OB/GYN Specialists, said in a statement shared Feb. 26.
RadNet’s contracted, board-certified breast rads will initially provide interpretations of all mammograms and diagnostic screening exams conducted on-site at four OB/GYN Specialists locations. EBCD assists with pinpointing lesions sooner than without the help of AI, RadNet noted, employing technology from subsidiary DeepHealth to bolster detection rates.
“By bringing RadNet’s technology-enabled services and imaging expertise directly into OB/GYN’s offices and other point-of-care provider offices, we are making early detection more convenient, accurate, and accessible,” President and CEO Howard Berger, MD, said in the announcement.
RadNet bills itself as the “leading” national provider of freestanding, fixed-site imaging services. It operates a network of about 400 outpatient centers, concentrated in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Texas. The Los Angeles-based company also recently announced a strategic collaboration with TeraRecon and plans to unveil its quarterly earnings results Friday.
Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.