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House Bill 300 was officially enacted on March 5 after it was signed into law by Republican Gov. Kay Ivey. 

Thanks to a newly developed radiotracer and PET imaging, experts believe they may have unearthed new insights on the drug's impact. 

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Since breast cancer screening exams are routinely completed annually or bi-annually, experts believe the tool could help spot signs of developing cardiovascular disease prior to it progressing. 

Kit Crancer, chair of the Radiology Business Management Association Radiology (RBMA) Patient Action Network, and senior vice president of public policy for Rayus, explains RBMA's concerns over how the Trump administration's $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid will economically impact rural hospitals.

"It is almost a tidal wave of change from the federal level that is going to begin impacting state legislatures across the country. I think folks should probably be aware of that,” said RBMA's Kit Crancer. 

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Ben White, MD, believes Dario Amodei may have “set a new record on how quickly you can be wrong about how radiology works and how it’s been affected by AI so far.”

U.S. FDA Sign

The country’s largest imaging group announced the news March 5, with the decision applying to its Cognita Chest X-ray tool across multiple clinical indications. 

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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. 

 

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.

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.