Notable names in the news: From Avenda and CMS to UltraSight and Whiterabbit

Avenda Health raises $10 million to refine development of AI software for prostate cancer detection and management (Aug. 25).

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalizes delay of value-based radiation oncology model to “a date to be determined through future rulemaking” (Aug. 25).

Equipment distributor and servicer Prestige Medical Imaging acquires category neighbors MedServ Plus and XRV Healthcare (Aug. 25).

Israeli AI startup UltraSight obtains CE mark for AI guidance of cardiac ultrasound (Aug. 25).

80-radiologist Rhode Island Medical Imaging buys competitor XRA Medical Imaging (Aug. 24).

Enlitic collaborates with GE Healthcare to embed Enlitic’s proprietary AI platform in GE’s radiology workflows (Aug. 23)

Swedish AI company Stratipath announces integration with Sectra’s digital pathology product line (Aug. 23).

Cancer AI outfit Whiterabbit.ai signs national distribution agreement with medical imaging platformer Arterys (Aug. 23).

Radio New Zealand exposes fierce fight over referrer ownership of radiology services in that country (Aug. 22).

United Imaging Healthcare raises $1.6B on first day of trading (Aug. 22).

Signify Research forecasts global medical imaging AI market to top $1 billion by 2025, reach $1.4 billion by 2026 (Aug. 15).

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