Opting into self-pay mammo AI pays dividends for patients: DeepHealth study
DOTmed December 10, 2024
A study conducted by RadNet subsidiary DeepHealth revealed that more than a third of women across 10 health care practices opted into a self-pay, artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced breast cancer screening program — and enrollees were 21% more likely to have cancer detected.
The study, presented at the RSNA meeting, evaluated the use of AI in screening mammography as part of a self-pay option. AI technology served as an additional layer of review, alongside radiologists, to support decision-making and risk prediction. Enrolled patients also benefited from a “safeguard review,” where expert breast radiologists provided an additional assessment in cases of disagreement between the AI and initial human review.
Out of 747,604 women who underwent screening mammography during the study’s 12-month period,...