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Fewer than 30% of FDA-cleared AI devices share key safety, adverse event info prior to approval
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Factors making healthcare AI devices more likely to face recall

Deviations from a device’s intended use most often trigger FDA recalls, “highlighting unique safety challenges” in AI, experts write June 11 in JAMA. 

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Oprah Winfrey blesses new CT scanner she helped fund in Hawaii

Maui Memorial Medical Center, a 214-bed acute care hospital in Wailuku, celebrated the new computed tomography machine with its imaging team on June 8. 

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'Risk of electrical shock' prompts recall of imaging systems

A handful of fluoroscopy units manufactured by GE HealthCare are the subject of a new recall by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 

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Charges dismissed against California woman accused of poisoning radiologist

A grand jury previously indicted dermatologist Emily Yu, MD, PhD, in 2023, charging her with four felony counts for allegedly poisoning her former husband with Drano. 

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Researcher undergoes over 100 MRI scans to understand how sleep affects the brain

Armed with an advanced 7T MRI and one very committed graduate student, researchers are gaining new insight into how sleep patterns affect brain health. 

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Memorial Sloan Kettering sues GE HealthCare alleging 'willful' patent infringement

The lawsuit claims that GE HealthCare's “MotionFree” imaging technology actually was developed by someone at the noted New York-based cancer center. 

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Private equity firm invests in radiology services provider RadX Inc.

Kain Capital is backing a network of 26 imaging centers across Florida, Michigan, Maryland, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, co-founded by radiologist Chintan Desai, MD. 

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RadNet seeks to secure $200M term loan to fuel expansion

The Los Angeles-based imaging center operator will use the proceeds to finance future acquisitions, “organic expansion initiatives,” and health system partnerships. 

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Private equity firm acquires Heritage Imaging

ACP Partners is buying the Boise, Idaho-based mobile diagnostic imaging provider for an undisclosed sum, planning to pursue further add-on deals. 

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Why RadNet is betting heavily on AI to reshape radiology workflows

RadNet Chaiman and CEO Howard Berger, MD, explains why the company has invested tens of millions into DeepHealth to rapidly build up a new business model. 

 

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AI turns mammograms into CVD risk assessments—no outside data required

Thanks to AI, clinicians can use mammograms to do a lot more than identify signs of breast cancer. Researchers explored data from nearly 50,000 patients, presenting their findings in Heart.

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Fewer than 30% of FDA-cleared AI devices share key safety, adverse event info prior to approval

A new analysis is prompting questions regarding how rigorously many of the AI-enabled tools approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are evaluated prior to their clearance.