Theranostics is moving from last-line therapy toward earlier cancer care. Imaging leaders explain what it takes to launch and scale a theranostics program.
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How mobile mammography, telehealth and culturally competent care are expanding breast imaging access for underserved rural and Native American communities.
How PET imaging, amyloid and tau quantification, and AI are transforming Alzheimer’s diagnosis — and bringing new hope to the molecular imaging care path.
How top health systems forecast medical imaging equipment replacement — defining end-of-life, setting capital horizons and avoiding costly emergency buys.
Any healthcare organization is only as strong as the individuals that comprise its workforce, and in the medical imaging department, that truism is particularly pronounced.
In the healthcare space, issues that lack attention may require the mechanisms of advocacy to be addressed.
For as much as medical imaging technology remains a cornerstone of future healthcare lines of service and treatment planning, decision-makers don’t always contemplate the longevity of the facilities constructed to house the devices that will provide those services.
In the do-more-with-less era of healthcare, sustainability has transitioned from an aspirational public relations tool into a financial strategy.
With study volumes continuing to climb – along with wait times in patient scheduling and staffing shortfalls that don’t show signs of self-correction – health systems are seeking more and different ways to increase access to medical imaging services without dramatically elevating costs.
As diagnostic imaging study volumes spiral and patient wait times for service increase, technology vendors and market-watchers alike all seem to be solving for the same, underlying issue: efficiency. With shortfalls in access to skilled, experienced professionals in the technologist space, and telehealth options increasing in speed and quality, equipment manufacturers believe the answer lies where most of the rest of the economy believes it is to be found as well: artificial intelligence (AI) powered solutions.
