ACR urges Aetna to update lung cancer screening policy April 9, 2021 -- The American College of Radiology (ACR) is urging Aetna to update its lung cancer screening policy to reflect guidelines recently released by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.Read More
Life Image: Most healthcare orgs fail to comply with new rule April 9, 2021 -- Medical image-sharing technology provider Life Image is sounding the alarm that the healthcare industry is not prepared to comply with the Information Blocking and Improving Interoperability provisions of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Final Rule of the 2016 Cures Act.Read More
Low-dose CT effective for diagnosing colonic diverticulitis April 9, 2021 -- A low-dose protocol of intravenous contrast-enhanced 2-mSv CT is comparable to conventional-dose CT for diagnosing right colonic diverticulitis, according to a study published April 8 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.Read More
Varian to work with Google on new diagnostic AI platform April 8, 2021 -- Radiation oncology firm Varian Medical Systems plans to work with Google Cloud to build artificial intelligence (AI) tools for radiation oncology organ segmentation using the Google Cloud AI Platform.Read More
National nonprofits launch cancer screening campaign in COVID-19 era April 8, 2021 -- The Community Oncology Alliance and CancerCare, two national nonprofit advocacy groups in oncology, announced the launch of a campaign called "Time to Screen" that's intended to counter delays reported in preventive care due to COVID-19.Read More
RapidAI expands presence in Latin America April 8, 2021 -- Artificial intelligence (AI) cerebrovascular software developer RapidAI has formed a partnership with the World Stroke Organization (WSO) and the Ibero-American Society for Cerebrovascular Disease for Latin America.Read More