Unique breast health screening opportunity opens in Milford [Video]

MILFORD – Artificial intelligence and breast health care services are colliding for a unique retail offering at the Walmart in Milford. 

The nation’s first-ever outpatient mammography screening services located in a retail setting are now available on a walk-in basis thanks to a partnership between MammogramNow, Delaware Imaging Network, Walmart and RadNet. 

“This is the first breast screening operation in a large department store like a Walmart in the country. . . Please use the service. It’s walk-in, it’s convenient and it could save your life,” RadNet National Director of Screening Networks and Population Health Strategy Timothy Merchant said during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the superstore on April 20 hosted by the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce (CDCC).

The RadNet pilot program will eventually be made available in Phoenix, Arizona, and Hanford, California, as well, according to a company announcement in late 2023. An agreement between Walmart and RadNet opens the …