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[Cincinnati, OH, May 15, 2023] - Naugatuck Valley Radiological Associates (NVRA), a leading provider of medical imaging services, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership with Medality, formerly MRI Online, to provide evidence-based training and development opportunities in new subspecialties and modalities for its radiologists. This partnership underscores NVRA's unwavering commitment to offering the best possible patient care through continued investment in their radiologists' development and expertise. Medality will work closely with the NVRA team to provide a personalized and self-directed training program to improve diagnostic quality, reduce turnaround times, and accelerate practice growth. "At Naugatuck Valley Radiological Associates, we have made it our mission to provide all patients with the most caring and compassionate experience from the beginning to the end of their medical journey. Medality's innovative training and development opportunities, coupled with their commitment to evidence-based practice, were key factors in our decision to partner with them to help us achieve our mission,” said Dr. Geoffrey Manton, Naugatuck Valley Radiological Associates. “We look forward to the positive impact this partnership will have on our practice and, most importantly, our patients." Dr. Manton added. Medality’s case-based education is accredited under MRI Online by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and totals more than 700 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ across its platform. Learners can also earn SA-CME credits that meet the American Board of Radiology requirement for MOC as well as credits for MQSA, SCCT, NASCI, state licensure requirements and more. Courses are developed in partnership with hundreds of top academic faculty, such as Dr. David Yousem, Dr. Stephen Pomeranz, Dr. Petra Lewis, Dr. Don Resnick, Dr. Rachel Brem, Dr. Suresh Mukherji, Dr. Stefan Zimmerman, and Dr. Lacey McIntosh. About Naugatuck Valley Radiological Associates Naugatuck Valley Radiological Associates (NVRA) is an institute of diagnostic imaging staffed with 12 highly trained and board-certified radiologists who strive to provide the best patient care. NVRA uses prime diagnostic imaging at three locations conveniently located in Southbury, Waterbury, and Prospect, Connecticut. Their advanced radiology consultants provide mammography, CT scan, open MRI, arthrography, and much more. Learn more at https://www.nvranet.com/ . About Medality Medality is the leading practice development platform for radiologists and medical imaging organizations. Medality helps tens of thousands of radiologists from over 100 countries upskill in high-growth, advanced imaging areas with case-based microlearning video courses and integrated cases designed to simulate clinical practice from anywhere, anytime. Imaging organizations use Medality to improve diagnostic and reporting quality, reduce turnaround times, and expand their breadth of practice quickly in the areas they need it most. Learn more at www.medality.com .

Naugatuck Valley Radiology Associates Partners with Rad AI for Continuity, the Next Generation of AI-driven Patient Follow-up. NVRA, the first in Connecticut to use Rad AI Omni to automate impressions, selects Continuity for its class-leading 90%+ patient follow-up resolution rates and positive impact on patient care. Waterbury, Connecticut (4/13/2023) — Naugatuck Valley Radiology (NVRA) has expanded their partnership with Rad AI by choosing Continuity for its incidental findings tracking and management solution. “Having greatly benefited from using Rad AI Omni, we are thrilled to add Continuity to our current partnership with the team at Rad AI. The management of incidental findings in radiology reports is a key focus for our group as it’s incredibly beneficial for the patients we serve. After evaluating every vendor in this space, we found that Continuity provides the most automated and most comprehensive solution in follow-up management,” shared NVRA President, Dr. Geoff Manton. Rad AI Continuity leverages the most advanced AI algorithms to seamlessly identify, track, and manage incidental findings in radiology reports, with the highest degree of automation. In combination with Omni, it is able to increase the total number of clinically appropriate follow-ups, delivering 90%+ follow-up compliance -- far more than any other product on the market. “Clinical literature has shown consistently that anywhere from 40% to 80% of follow-up recommendations are not followed up. These are necessary follow-ups for patients with potential cancer and other critical diagnoses, and it’s an important and urgent problem that both radiology practices and health systems are working to solve. NVRA continues to demonstrate its leadership and commitment to excellent patient care by choosing Continuity,” said Dr. Jeff Chang, co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Rad AI. “The combination of Rad AI Omni and Continuity, which NVRA will now use, is uniquely differentiated in the market. Omni helps ensure that radiology report conclusions are accurate and complete, including follow-up recommendations based on nationally accepted consensus guidelines. In synergy with Continuity’s automated follow-up care coordination platform, this results in many more patients receiving clinically appropriate follow-up imaging, and being diagnosed and treated promptly.” About Naugatuck Valley Radiology: Over the thirty years since its founding, Naugatuck Valley Radiology has grown to a 12-Radiologist subspecialized practice and expanded into a full-service imaging network, providing a delivery system combined with the most advanced high-tech resources available. NVRA has continued to provide a full-service imaging network with focused diagnostic health care, reaching out into the greater Waterbury, CT community. Since 1975, NVRA continues to offer patients, physicians, and healthcare networks a full range of high-quality and affordable diagnostic imaging. NVRA is a physician-owned company that operates and manages 4 outpatient imaging centers. All Naugatuck Valley Radiology affiliated centers have earned the Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence designation awarded by the American College of Radiology. Learn more about NVRA at https://nvranet.com. About Rad AI: Rad AI is the fastest growing radiologist-led AI company. In addition to being named “Best New Radiology Vendor” by AuntMinnie in October 2021, Rad AI was listed as one of the Digital Health 150 by CB Insights, as one of the most innovative digital health startups. In 2022, Black Book ranked Rad AI #1 in Mean KPI score, on its survey of 50 emerging solutions challenging the healthcare technology status quo, and Rad AI was recognized to the AI 100 by CB Insights, as one of the world’s 100 most promising private AI companies. Founded in 2018 by the youngest radiologist in U.S. history, Rad AI has seen rapid adoption of its AI platform, and is already in use at 8 of the 10 largest private radiology practices in the U.S. Rad AI uses state-of-the-art machine learning to streamline repetitive tasks for radiologists and automate workflow for health systems, which yields substantial time savings, alleviates burnout, and creates more time to focus on patient care. Learn more about Rad AI at www.radai.com or on Twitter @radai.