Key Facts From Hype to Reality: AI’s Role in Radiology Today Not long ago, headlines confidently predicted that artificial intelligence would overtake radiologists by the 2020s. In 2016, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton famously suggested we should “stop training radiologists” because deep learning would outperform them within five years newrepublic.com newrepublic.com. Similar forecasts in top journals…
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In August 2022, SpaceX and T-Mobile announced a partnership to add Direct-to-Cell texting via Starlink satellites, enabling roaming coverage for remote areas using SpaceX’s constellation. SpaceX launched the first Direct-to-Cell–equipped Starlink satellites in early 2024, and by mid-2025 there were about 400 such satellites in orbit. On January 8, 2024, SpaceX successfully sent a text…
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Nuance Communications, acquired by Microsoft in 2022 for about $19.7 billion, pioneered ambient clinical intelligence and Dragon Medical used by more than 550,000 physicians. In 2020 Nuance launched Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) to securely capture doctor‑patient conversations and automatically generate clinical documentation. In March 2023 Nuance announced DAX Express, the first fully AI‑automated clinical documentation…
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In early June 2025, DispatchHealth and Medically Home completed a merger, forming one of the nation’s largest high-acuity hospital-at-home providers and operating under the DispatchHealth brand, integrating Medically Home’s virtual care technology and 24/7 clinical command centers. Teladoc Health signaled a growth and acquisitions pivot under CEO Chuck Divita, after two 2025 deals—Catapult Health (February)…
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