Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.
There are no standards requiring radiologists to report on the presence of BACs, even though up to half of referring providers have indicated they would prefer to be made aware of the finding.
Despite the great progress that has been made toward the clinical implementation of AI, new data caution against trusting the technology as a single reader in certain settings.
The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.
Siemens Medical Solutions will supply information technology (IT) infrastructure and support services, as the company collaborates with Anceta LLC on the commercial development of the largest repository of patient information in the United States.
Eclipsys Corp. will add Clinician Support Technology Inc. (CST) technology features to its line of advanced clinical, financial and management information software and services.
Siemens will partner with The Nebraska Heart Institute Heart Hospital (NHH) in Lincoln to deliver what the company describes as "measurable workflow improvements."
Heartlab Inc. has reached an agreement to purchase CardioNow Corp., a provider of telecardiology and image archiving technologies to hospitals, cardiovascular core labs and clinical trial sponsors.
Per-Se Technologies Inc. at last week's HIMSS meeting launched a new class of services to help healthcare organizations navigate the business environment.
Clinicians have been using HeartSee to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease since the technology first debuted back in 2018. These latest updates, set to roll out to existing users, are designed to improve diagnostic performance and user access.
The cardiac technologies clinicians use for CVD evaluations have changed significantly in recent years, according to a new analysis of CMS data. While some modalities are on the rise, others are being utilized much less than ever before.
