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AI for medical imaging service technicians speeds fix-it resolution time

1 week ago | auntminnie.com | Davin Korstjens |Joe Constance |Amerigo Allegretto |Will Morton

About half of medical imaging equipment service calls are not fully resolved on the first visit, according to a new report. Analysis of anonymized data by agentic AI software developer Aquant tracked 14 medical imaging service organizations and 6,500 technicians running almost 2 million service events on nearly 300,000 assets.
All 50 U.S. states address right to repair restrictions

1 month ago | auntminnie.com | Michael J. Cannavo |Erik L. Ridley |Davin Korstjens |Joe Constance

The right to repair medical devices movement is gaining momentum, with all 50 states in the U.S. now addressing the issue through legislation. Among the states with active right to repair legislation in 2025 are Vermont, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Florida, Washington, Texas, Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and others, according to repair and service industry advocate Repair.org.
ACR adds 2 quality improvement courses and new vendors to ImPower for 2025

Nov 15, 2024 | auntminnie.com | Joe Constance |Cynthia E Keen

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Learning Network introduced its first two vendor partners, Inflo Health and Radloop, to its ImPower program. ACR ImPower connects health systems and radiology practices with resources, expertise, and a structured approach to identifying, training, and supporting multidepartment quality improvement (QI) teams. The program combines QI education with the direct application of QI tools to projects for team analytical problem-solving, according to the ACR.
Radiologists experience modest pay increase

Apr 12, 2024 | auntminnie.com | Sandy Coffta |Amerigo Allegretto |Erik L. Ridley |Joe Constance

Radiologists have again jumped up a spot in earnings among the top 10 specialists in the U.S., according to a Medscape survey. The average income for radiologists was $498,000, up 3% from last year’s average of $483,000, according to Medscape's 2024 Physician Compensation Report, released April 12. This places radiology up one spot over last year to sixth on the list of the top 10 earning specialties.
How are radiology practices impacted by annual changes to the MPFS?

Mar 29, 2024 | auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Sandy Coffta |Erik L. Ridley |Joe Constance

With the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (CAA 24), we finally learned the rates physicians will be paid for Medicare services during the remainder of 2024.
DirectMed fully incorporates Technical Prospects

Feb 5, 2024 | auntminnie.com | Joe Constance

Aftermarket diagnostic imaging parts, systems, and service provider DirectMed Imaging has fully incorporated Technical Prospects into its business. The company acquired Technical Prospects in 2023. It will now operate under the DirectMed name, the company said. The move will give customers a single contact for all GE HealthCare (GEHC), Siemens Healthineers, and Philips HealthCare parts, expanded technical expertise, and more parts and inventory locations, according to the firm.
Generative AI is poised to benefit radiology, but oversight needed

May 23, 2023 | auntminnie.com | Joe Constance

Potential applications could include collaborative research, patient education, and automatic production of draft reports. But much still needs to be done before large-language models (LLMs) are ready for clinical use. The need for caution and human oversight abounds, as these technologies are a double-edged sword.
AI reconstruction could become standard of care for abdominal DECT

Apr 6, 2023 | auntminnie.com | Joe Constance

A group led by Jingyu Zhong of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in China prospectively evaluated the portal-venous phase images in abdominal DECT of 47 participants with 84 lesions, reconstructing the raw data with traditional reconstruction methods and using deep learning-based image reconstruction at three different strengths. The team found that the deep-learning approach at high strength yielded better results.