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Volpara Health CEO Teri Thomas thinks AI will shape the future of radiology. This belief is a major reason why Volpara combined with South Korean AI company Lunit earlier this year, she said.
Volpara Health CEO Teri Thomas thinks AI will shape the future of radiology. This belief is a major reason why Volpara combined with South Korean AI company Lunit earlier this year, she said.
GE HealthCare made a slew of announcements at RSNA 2024, including an acquisition, new machines for mammography and SPECT/CT imaging, and new AI features to help improve radiologist workflows.
Philips is showcasing its partnerships and new products at RSNA 2024, including an expanded collaboration with AWS and a CT scanner that the company said uses up to 80% less radiation than traditional systems.
At RSNA, three major trends stood out: the integration of artificial intelligence (AI), a renewed focus on health equity, and a dedicated effort to enhance the patient experience.
At RSNA 2023, AI startup Hoppr announced that it teamed up with AWS to launch a new foundation model. The product, named Grace, is a B2B model designed to help application developers build better AI solutions for the medical imaging field — and to build them more quickly.
Many of the efforts to address healthcare's burnout crisis have centered on money, such as hiring and retention bonuses, but that isn’t sustainable. Providers don’t have the means to keep throwing money at the problem forever, so they should focus more on creating a workplace culture where employees feel valued and supported.
The South Florida group is applying Watson-powered "cognitive peer review" to medical imaging in an effort to diagnose aortic stenosis earlier.
McKesson discussed Conserus at last week's RSNA conference in Chicago.
At the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, experts discussed whether computer-aided diagnosis is a powerful tool for radiologists or a way to make them obsolete.
At the annual Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, speakers in several sessions called for a full embrace of value-based care despite the uncertainty wrought by the elections.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Like many new entrants to this vast industry, IBM Watson Health is still trying to figure things out, but the nascent division of Big Blue does have a decided advantage over the average startup.
Also, Roche backs out of a superbug project, a look at text messaging in mental health, and a new Takeda-Teva partnership.