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Alex began writing for the Fool in early 2020 and follows companies in the healthcare sector. Formerly a researcher in the biotech industry, he leverages his science background in his work as a writer and entrepreneur. His interests include exploring his hometown of Boston, traveling in Latin America, and value investing. Follow @alexcarchidi
Between scientific innovation, new business models, and a resurging global economy, there s a tremendous amount of opportunity in the healthcare sector right now. In a way, that makes the process of picking winning investments more difficult. After all, if there are thousands of options that look pretty good
COVID-19 Vaccine Can Cause False Positive Cancer Diagnosis
Radiologists, physicians and patients need to be aware of vaccination-related lymph node swelling, especially on mammograms
A 37-year-old woman developed a new, palpable left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy lump five days after her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the left arm. On the day of vaccination, the patient was asymptomatic. This is an example of how the vaccine can mimic cancer and swollen lymph nodes. Read more about this case study. Image used with permission of RSNA.
While the mass COVID-19 vaccination effort over the past four months is bringing closer the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, as with all things in medicine, it is not without a cost. But the cost here will be in terms of added patient anxiety and financial due to potential of additional, needed tests. There have been several alarms in peer-review literature and radiology societies the past couple months that the COVID-19 vac
We have greater confidence in General Electric’s (GE) path to recovery, and the company’s deleveraging efforts have progressed further than we initially expected. However, the bear case continues to cast doubt over the industrial conglomerate’s future. We think GE has appreciable value that bears fail to acknowledge.
We’ve concluded that GE Aviation is worth far more than bears give it credit for, mostly because we believe they underestimate the contribution from narrow-body aftermarket sales.
GE Healthcare has outperformed analyst expectations during the pandemic, and we think its expertise in the diagnostic imaging markets positions it to address some of the industry’s most pressing challenges and promote continued growth and margin expansion even after the sale of GE Biopharma.
5 Trends in Enterprise Imaging and PACS Systems
Takeaways on radiology IT systems from RSNA 2020
Philips integrated the IntelliSpace Portal advanced applications with the Philips diagnostic viewer (from Carestream) creating a combined radiology diagnostic workspace.
The Siemens AI-Rad Companion Chest CT provides automated visualization of chest images to support their reading and reporting.
Visage 7 has advanced enterprise imaging based on the proven ability to replace legacy PACS for imaging organizations of all sizes and local, regional or national scale.
Radiology enterprise imaging platforms and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) have recently evolved in several ways to help improve workflows. To name a few, streamlined integration of data from various departments into the electronic medical record (EMR) to share images, and the addition of artificial intelligence to increase efficiencies.