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Bibb Allen, MD, FACR, chief medical officer of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute, discusses multiple factors involved in the adoption rate of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology.

Bibb Allen, MD, FACR, chief medical officer of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute, discusses multiple factors involved in the adoption rate of artificial intelligence in radiology.
 

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Healthcare employment rose during the month of August, likely a welcome relief to resource-stretched organizations.

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The numbers are worse for men compared to women, according to a new CDC report. 

Opioids

Hospital ER departments are missing out on overdose surveillance as the opioid epidemic continues to ravage the United States. 

 

Erin D. Michos, MD, associate director of preventive cardiology, division of cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and co-editor in chief of the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, discusses gender differences in heart disease presentations. Woman Heart Attack

Researchers used data from more than 420,000 patients to develop a new AI-powered risk score that could help women receive much better care. 

Affera Inc Medtronic $925 million catheter ablation atrial fibrillation (AFib)

Affera’s portfolio includes interventional solutions such as the Affera Prism-1 mapping and navigation platform, designed to help electrophysiologists diagnose heart rhythm issues, and the Sphere-9 cardiac ablation catheter. 

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AI can help care teams identify heart patients who would benefit from TAVR or another life-changing valve intervention.