Future Forward Driving the Next Era of Radiology Innovation with Dr. Howard Berger

🎥 Dec 11, 2024 📺 DeepHealth ⏱ 1m 👁 30 views

We're excited to hear insights from Dr. Howard Berger, President and Chief Executive Officer, RadNet on how DeepHealth's ...

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About Howard Berger

Howard Berger, chairman, president, and CEO of RadNet, has discussed the company's expansion into new markets and its focus on using technology to address workforce shortages in radiology. In September 2024, Berger told CNBC's Jim Cramer that RadNet's growth is driven by the overall growth of the imaging industry and a shift of imaging services away from higher-cost hospital settings. He highlighted the company's pilot project with Walmart in Delaware aimed at increasing breast cancer screening access and convenience, and announced a similar pilot project in Phoenix, Arizona. Berger also discussed the use of artificial intelligence to aid radiologists in detecting prostate cancer and the role of MRI scans in monitoring patients on new Alzheimer's drugs. In a December 2024 interview, Berger stated that the biggest challenge in healthcare is workforce availability, particularly in radiology, and that the future of the field requires moving away from manual processes and using technology to improve workflow. He described imaging as the forerunner for earlier disease detection and population health management. Separately, in a 2023 testimony, Berger spoke about his personal experience living with Parkinson's disease, describing his approach to managing the condition through exercise and diethol.

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Howard Berger0:04

Right now the biggest challenge for not only radiology but throughout healthcare is availability of the workforce. It's particularly more acute in radiology given the shortage of technologists and other allied professionals, radiologists, even front office staff, and the amount of demand that is currently part of our responsibility and growing is something that has become exceedingly important primarily as a result of COVID. So the future of radiology has to address turning away from more manual processes and using technology in order to better achieve the results that we need to deliver for our patients and referring physicians and the enormous benefits that radiology and imaging provide. So the terminology that I think will replace some of the older terms that have been used to identify is really about impacting workflow. Workflow is a critical part of addressing both the current and future needs because imaging itself is only going to become more and more in demand, particularly as we move towards solutions for population health and screening tools, which imaging is the forerunner for in the future management of earlier detection of disease and better health.