Cohere, Humana expand prior authorization partnership
Prior authorization software developer Cohere Health announced that Humana will add Cohere's prior authorization automation software for diagnostic imaging services.
Cohere and Humana began their relationship in January 2021 with a pilot program in 12 states aimed at improving the prior authorization process for musculoskeletal services. The program was then expanded across all 50 states in 2022. And in January 2023, Cohere’s software was deployed nationwide to include cardiovascular and surgical services, according to the firm. Diagnostic imaging services have now also been added.
Overall, Cohere said it processes 5.5...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Healthcare industry cybersecurity reaches fevered pitch this week
In April, nearly 15 million people were affected by data breaches involving unsecured protected health information (PHI), according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
The largest example comes from the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (13.4 million), but a variety of community healthcare providers comprise the majority of individual filings that are posted publicly when breaches affect 500 or more individuals. For March, HHS reported nearly 3 million people.
A U.S. Senate hearing addressing February's massive Optum/Change Healthcare data breach and system hacking was hel...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
ISMRM: Is the future of MR elastography in 3D?
SINGAPORE – MR elastography is a leading noninvasive approach for imaging liver fibrosis, yet a new technique known as “3D MRE” promises to open new opportunities for diagnosing chronic liver disease, according to a leading expert in the field. Sudhakar Venkatesh, MD, gave a talk on the technique on May 4 at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) 2024 meeting. In an interview with AuntMinnie.com, he said 3D MRE is promising for differentiating inflammation from fibrosis and improving diagnostic accuracy for liver fibrosis staging.“3D MRE also can obtain the elastography information of ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ISMRM: Radiology AI technology is here -- and more is coming
SINGAPORE - AI is already changing the practice of medical imaging, and there's more technological growth to come, according to a plenary talk delivered May 4 at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting.Charlene Liew, MD, director of cardiothoracic imaging at Changi General Hospital in Singapore, outlined the current state of AI in radiology and where it is going in a presentation called "AI in Radiology: The Past Informs the Future.""Today's radiology workforce stands at the vanguard of medical innovation, using cutting edge technologies to improve patient outcomes," she said.In t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Artificial Intelligence ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ISMRM: Technologist inexperience leads to MRI accidents
SINGAPORE – Technologist inexperience leads to MRI accidents caused by bringing ferromagnetic objects into the imaging suite, according to research presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting May 3.
A group led by Miho Uemura, PhD, of Sapporo Medical University Hospital in Japan found that half of reports describing MRI accidents were submitted by technologists with less than a year of MR imaging experience.
"In order to prevent … accidents [caused by] ferromagnetic objects, it is important to understand the causes of such incidents and the characteristics of our own faci...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ISMRM:'Reinventing' an MRI safety protocol
Reinventing an MRI safety program can create a culture of safety, engage technologists, and inspire safer workflows, according to research shared May 3 at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting.
Safety incidents around the world and the evolving complexities of implants, clothing, and technology inspired a team from St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, PA, to create and institute a multifaceted MRI safety program. Led by MR safety officer and radiologic technologist Jean Ellis-Land and fellow technologists Katherine Sedler and Monica Weiser, the program began by using su...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ISMRM: Novel visualization techniques show possible concussion damage from boxing
New MRI research suggests the neurological health of boxer athletes must be monitored and maintained long-term, according to research shared May 6 at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting.
In a poster presentation, researchers from Lanzhou University Second Hospital and GE HealthCare MR Research in China shared results from their analysis of sport-related concussion (SRC) macro- and microstructure alteration patterns in the MRI brain scans of 57 active young boxers with a history of SRC. The study also included 72 healthy exercise-loving controls with non-SRC. The researchers found t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ISMRM: Communication, multidisciplinary engagement key to pediatric MRI
Communication and engagement with child-life specialists are a couple of factors in successful MR imaging for young children, according to research presented May 4 at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting in Singapore.
A team led by Yin Ting Chiu, PhD, from the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital discussed key factors identified by the hospital’s MR team for effectively performing supplementary MRI scans on children ages three to seven without sedation.
“With the increasing demand for MRI, the efficient use of MR suits has become a global issue,” Chiu and colleagues highlighted. ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Pediatric Radiology 2024 Source Type: news
' Modest' growth for female, underrepresented minorities in radiology training programs
The percentage of females and underrepresented minorities in radiology trainee programs has increased in recent years, but only modestly, according to an analysis published May 3 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
Female representation among radiology trainees increased at a compound annual growth rate of 1% in diagnostic radiology and 1.12% in interventional radiology between 2016 and 2021. The increases for underrepresented minority representation grew at a 1.12% CAGR for diagnostic radiology in the same period, but it did not grow significantly, according to Sishir Doddi and colleagues from the University of ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Radiology Education Interventional Radiology Source Type: news
AI stroke software differences don't affect thrombectomy eligibility
Although two commercially available AI software applications can yield different volume estimations on stroke CT perfusion (CTP) studies, the differences aren't significant enough to affect patient eligibility for thrombectomy, researchers reported in an article published May 2 in the Journal of Stroke Cerebrovascular Diseases. However, there are still important issues to be aware of.
In a study involving 362 stroke cases, researchers led by first author Benjamin Alwood, MD, in the department of vascular neurology at the University of Florida in Jacksonville, and colleagues, compared core and penumbra volumes estimated by...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Industry News CT Artificial Intelligence Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Novartis bets on actinium RLT with $1B Mariana Oncology acquisition
Novartis has entered into an agreement to acquire Mariana Oncology, a preclinical-stage biotechnology company that develops novel radioligand therapies (RLTs) for cancer.
Watertown, MA-based Mariana Oncology's portfolio crosses a range of solid tumor indications such as breast, prostate, and lung cancer and includes development candidate MC-339, an actinium-based RLT being investigated in small cell lung cancer, according to Novartis. In September 2023, Mariana announced $175 million in Series B financing from Atlas Venture, Access Biotechnology, RA Capital Management, Nextech Invest, Surveyor Capital, and Eli Lilly and C...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Radiation Oncology Source Type: news
Automatic organ segmentation model available for testing with pediatric CTs
Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have developed and validated an abdominal organ segmentation model and made it available as an open-source application for further research and potential clinical deployment in pediatrics, according to an article published in the American Journal of Roentgenology on May 1.
After testing a number of different deep-learning algorithms, first author Elanchezhian Somasundaram, PhD, from the departments of radiology and pediatrics at CCHMC, reported that transfer-learning models -- algorithms trained on heterogeneous public datasets and then fine-tuned using ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Artificial Intelligence Image Processing Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news
GE HealthCare launches Revolution RT system
GE HealthCare will unveil its new Revolution RT radiation therapy CT system at the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) 2024 Congress being held May 3-7 in Glasgow, Scotland.The new system was designed with a wide-bore CT platform and includes an updated AI-enhanced version of the Intelligent Radiation Therapy (iRT) platform, which interfaces with the Spectronic MRI Planner, according to the vendor. These features help increase imaging accuracy, while simplifying simulation workflow, the company said.Additionally, GE HealthCare will showcase its newly acquired MIM Software portfolio, as well as o...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Podcast: The medical art of making a diagnosis vs. certainty
AuntMinnie.com · The medical art of making a diagnosis vs certainty: Episode 4 Keeping Up With The Radiologists
As a medical educator, practicing academic internal medicine physician, and hobbyist medical historian, Adam Rodman, MD, owns a mental template of medical history that he brings into the contemporary context.
With this point to ponder, welcome to a new episode of "Keeping Up With the Radiologists," the podcast series brought to you by AuntMinnie.com in collaboration with Penn Radiology. Saurabh (Harry) Jha, MD, hosts this episode, the fourth in the ongoing series.
To start, Jha takes a broad swing at Rodman's...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Radiology Education Podcasts Source Type: news
Jury still out on clinical use of ChatGPT
ChatGPT has been effective in 84% of radiology research studies, yet it is still too soon to confirm its complete proficiency for clinical applications, according to a team at the University of California, Los Angeles.
A group led by Pedram Keshavarz, MD, performed a systematic literature review and found that 37 out of 44 (84.1%) radiology studies show ChatGPT's effectiveness, yet none suggested its unsupervised use in clinical practice.
“Although ChatGPT seems to have the potential to revolutionize radiology, it is too soon to confirm its complete proficiency and accuracy,” the group wrote in a study published Apri...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
