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Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation will Introduce Ventripoint's AI-Heart-Imaging Diagnostic Technology to America's Hospitals
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[{"type":"text","content":"Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation will Introduce Ventripoint's AI-Heart-Imaging Diagnostic Technology to America's Hospitals\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Toronto, Ontario –\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n December 05, 2023\n \n \n –\nOne of the United States’ leading foundations, the Ollie Hinkle\nHeart Foundation (OHHF), has selected Ventripoint’s AI-powered\nheart-imaging technology as one of three artificial intelligence\nsystems it will be presenting to U.S. hospitals.\n \n \n \n \n Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. (\"\n \n \n Ventripoint\n \n \n \" or\nthe \"\n \n \n Company\n \n \n \"), (TSXV:VPT\n \n \n )\n \n \n ;\n \n \n (\n \n \n OTC:VPTDF) has\npioneered an AI technology that transforms ultrasound scans into\nMRI-quality images of the heart in minutes, at a fraction of the cost,\nmaking it a new alternative to MRI heart scans.\n \n \n \n \n Ventripoint’s FDA-cleared AI-heart-imaging technology\ncan be easily used with all brands of cardiac ultrasound equipment.\nTechnicians and medical staff can be trained on the unit in\napproximately two hours.\n \n \n \n \n “We think Ventripoint is a game-changer for children\nwith heart disease,” said Beth Rumack, the Chief Operating Officer\nof the OHHF. “You no longer need to take a child down to an MRI\nsuite, which entails a whole team of technicians and often means\nhaving to put the child under anesthesia, so they don’t move during\nthe MRI scan.\n \n \n \n \n “With Ventripoint, you just put a sensor on the\nchild’s chest,” added Rumack, who is also a cardiac nurse\npractitioner and former hospital administrator. “You can do the scan\nin the child’s hospital room, even in a cardiologist’s office, and\nthe results are available in minutes, not days. And you can take a\nscan safely, as often as you need.”\n \n \n \n \n \n OHHF is bringing together 13 U.S. hospital partners\ninto its Take Heart program, with 30 more expected to join, to promote\nnew technologies and patient care approaches to heart health care,\nparticularly for children and their families. It has selected three\ncompanies featuring AI technologies: Ventripoint, the clinical data\nsoftware platf...