E-cigarettes, or vapes, are largely considered a safer alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes, but new MRI data suggest they still pose significant risk to users’ health.
If not for AI analysis of a CT scan showing his heart and coronary arteries, patient James Doe—not his real name—may have died of a “widowmaker” heart attack before experiencing a single symptom.
After looking into the case, officials discovered that a coding error prevented the radiology report, which contained critical findings, from ever being sent to the referring provider.
ImageCare Radiology announced the decision Nov. 21, with the practice pulling out of Atlantic Health's Hackettstown and Newton Medical Centers effective the same day.