Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

Coalition for Health AI

Coalition acts to ensure credible, fair, transparent AI in healthcare

Having identified an “urgent” need for guardrails to keep healthcare AI from veering into an avoidable ditch, the Coalition for Health AI has put together a 24-page guide applicable to numerous groups of stakeholders.

April 7, 2023
The European Society of radiology European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2023 meeting. Image courtesy of ECR

Key trends in radiology at the European Congress of Radiology 2023 meeting

Bhvita Jani, research manager at the healthcare market analysis firm Signify Research, shares noteworthy happenings from the ECR expo floor.

April 7, 2023
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$300M research fund will focus on Alzheimer’s

The research fund aims to track the health of Americans for decades, with the intent of housing the long-term health information of 70% to 90% of the population.

April 5, 2023
ChatGPT chatbot

Liver specialists among first to be ably aided by ChatGPT

ChatGPT isn’t capable of unilaterally guiding care for patients with cirrhosis or the liver cancer it tends to spawn, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the large-language AI tool can competently assist clinicians.  

April 4, 2023
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Cardiologist Azeem Latib joins Supira Medical

The interventional cardiologist is now working with vendor Supira Medical to help advance the company's next-generation percutaneous ventricular assist device.

April 4, 2023
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Specialized lung AI tool cleared for U.S. sales

A popular marketer of handheld ultrasound devices has won FDA approval for an AI-enabled B-line quantification tool for use with patients suspected of having compromised lung function.

April 4, 2023
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FDA clears prostate AI for second indication

Radiology AI vendor Bot Image may market its prostate software not only for diagnosing cancer when suspected but also for performing prostate screenings.

March 31, 2023
Microsoft Johns Hopkins AI partnership

7 lessons learned during joint big business/healthcare AI projects

Big Tech players have been investing in partnerships with large healthcare providers on AI endeavors for several years now. According to both sides in one such collaboration, the resulting synergy offers “immense potential” to improve patient access, care and outcomes.

March 31, 2023

Around the web

Half a year after President Biden officially directed federal agencies in the executive branch’s bailiwick to “seize the promise and manage the risks” of AI, the White House has posted a status report.

U.S. physicians often receive payments from medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies. New research in JAMA found a connection between receiving such payments and using specific devices—should the industry be concerned? 

Five of the largest U.S. medical societies focused on cardiovascular health are one step closer to seeing their paradigm-shifting proposal become a reality.

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