Sleep disorders are often undiagnosed among physicians, which includes radiologists. It is common for physicians to have sleep disorders that go undiagnosed, which might be contributing to their poor mental and physical health, silently. According to new research conducted by the Boston sleep experts, which was released in JAMA Network Open, 90% of doctors tested […]
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Warning for Congressional Leaders: Planned Cuts in Medicare Might Cripple Specialty Providers
Radiology groups continue the full-court press opposing congressional leaders and seeking immediate relief to prevent tens of millions of cuts in Medicare to specialty, which is all set to arrive soon. Their latest plea was in the form of a letter written to Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, and Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader. […]
Hospital-Based MR And CT Imaging Coverage Officially Stopped By Cigna Just Like Two Other Major Players
It is now official- one of the largest commercial insurers in the US, Cigna will no longer cover most of the hospital-based MR and CT scans. While the proposal had been put forward by the company sometime earlier, it was briefly shelved owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The news about Cigna’s plans, which presently […]
Walmart Launches Its 5th Retail Health Center, Pushing Its Way Into Imaging, And Plans For More
Walmart continues its drive to enter into the imaging market, launching the fifth health center in Newnan, Georgia. Located approximately 40n miles to the southwest of Atlanta, this state-of-the-art facility provides services like diagnostics and X-ray, dental and labs, primary care, disclosed the retail giant. This is the fourth Walmart Health location in Peach State. […]
Walmart Health has ‘bold ambitions’ to ramp up expansion into imaging and other care
One year ago, Walmart opened its first-ever Walmart Heath clinic in Dallas, Georgia. With an aim to become America’s trusted healthcare provider, the company ventured into high-quality, preventive health services at affordable and transparent prices. Established in September 2019, Walmart Health began operations at its doctor-run clinic in Dallas, offering services like X-rays, dental exams, […]
Free Online Tools To Read Chest X-rays And Physicians
Chester the AI Radiology Assistant’ is a free online tool that allows you to assess chest X-rays online within a few seconds. It ensures the security of private medical while predicting the chances of developing 14 diseases. Though it is still rudimentary, Chester can process the upload of users with output diagnostic predictions for various […]
Biased Selection Committees Favor MDs Over Do Applicants, According to 90% Radiology Residents
Almost 90 percent of radiology residents claimed that the residency selection groups preferred allopathic applicants over the ones pursuing osteopathy. According to the result of a 13-question anonymous survey of over 250 residents published in the Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, this was claimed. DO-credentialed docs further claimed they were likely to be shunned away […]
Survey Records High Levels of Psychological Stress, Anxiety In Radiologists During Pandemic
Radiologists in the United States of America are experiencing increasingly high levels of psychological stress and anxiety during the ongoing pandemic reveals a new survey released recently. Polling approximately 700 physicians, an estimated 61 percent of respondents labeled the level of their anxiety at 7 or more on a scale of 10 points. The numbers […]
Mask Mandate
Ever since the outbreak of the pandemic, the world is going through a difficult time. The unusually fast communication capacity of the Coronavirus has restricted the lives of people. Since the disease gets easily transferred, the WHO has already given some mandatory guidelines to check the disease’s spread. No matter how restrictive these guidelines may […]
Prof. Hilbert: ‘The merger between biological and AI has already crossed beyond any point of return’
History is the metaphor of time that upholds all the moments of amazement together. Also, it helps us understand the path of evolution for the human race. From biological sciences to mathematical derivations, history escapes nothing while compiling information regarding time. The world has evolved from a mass of gas to its present natural opulence […]