Given the rapid growth of PE ownership in healthcare, the report's concerning data give pause to how such entities should be regulated, experts involved in the work suggested.

Plaintiff attorneys are asking for damages in excess of $5 million, not including interest and other costs, and seeking class-action status.

The physician had assigned the standard, four-phase protocol for liver imaging, but the radiographer instead performed a single, portal-venous phase only.

Also, MITA urges states to fix breast screening coverage gap, Philips announces Q2 earnings results, and Aidoc inks partnerships with two large health systems. 

Breast radiologists are known to have higher rates of burnout in comparison to many of their peers, but the beginning of the pandemic brought this group something not often encountered within the specialty—downtime. 

Five conditions—lung cancer, stroke, sepsis, pneumonia and venous thromboembolism—caused the most frequent serious harm. 

"This system is bringing with it a greater humanization of AI and therefore a more realistic representation of what we do as radiologists,” one member of the specialty said. 

The findings were derived from 2,500 cases diagnosed between 2018-2019 at an urban tertiary care center and followed for two years afterward.

“When choosing a role, radiologists should consider their unique strengths, availability, and personal and financial risk tolerance," experts advised. 

ACR highlighted a CMS proposal to grant greater access to PET for Alzheimer's detection, along with a Medicaid-related bill introduced in the U.S. House.