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Medical Device News Magazine reports diagnostic imaging news.  Keep up-to-date on new imaging developments.

Philips,

Philips, World Bank, and Ukraine Ministry of Health Announce Successful Deployment of Nationwide Acute Stroke Care Upgrade, Helping Thousands of Patients

“This program is saving lives, reducing disability, and changing the futures of stroke patients,” said Dr. Dmytro Lebedynets, a neurologist at Feofaniya Clinical Hospital and consultant on stroke to the World Bank and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. “With these advanced tools, we can deliver timely and precise life-saving care, even in emergencies. It’s a game-changer for our patients. Now all the regions of our country will be able to provide the full spectrum of care to stroke patients.”

Philips and AWS

Philips and AWS Expand Strategic Collaboration to Advance HealthSuite Cloud Services and Power Generative AI Workflows

“The collaboration between Philips and AWS gives healthcare providers scalable, secure-by-design cloud-enabled solutions to accelerate healthcare innovation,” said Matt Garman, CEO of AWS. “Combining Philips’ healthcare informatics portfolio with AWS generative AI capabilities gives clinicians access to imaging insights so they can deliver more effective and efficient care to patients anywhere, anytime, with best-in-class security and privacy.”

Elucid Announces Fifth Medicare Administrative Contractor to Cover AI Coronary Plaque Analysis

“This latest expansion of coverage by Noridian means that even more patients could be positively impacted by PlaqueIQ, which offers the only non-invasive measurement of lipid-rich necrotic core, a vulnerable, high-risk component of plaque that can lead to heart attack and stroke,”4 said Kelly Huang, CEO of Elucid. “These recent decisions from five of the seven MACs recognize the importance of new technologies like ours that can help quantify and classify coronary artery plaque to help physicians reduce the clinical and economic burden of cardiovascular disease.”