More than four-fifths of healthcare provider organizations are shorthanded of allied health professionals, and the job title with the most unfilled positions in the category is radiologic technologist.

Virtual reality vendors XRHealth (software) and HTC Vive (hardware) introduce glasses-based system for distracting patients undergoing MRI exams and other anxiety-provoking medical procedures (Oct. 19).

The academics turn the tables in median starting salaries, edging out private-practice interventional radiologists $380,000 to $374,000 while also working fewer weekly call days.

Oct. 11: Aftermarket parts and service supplier DirectMed in San Diego acquires MRI coil vendor ScanMed of Omaha, Neb.

At scientific journals focused on medical imaging, 82% of editors-in-chief and 30% of editorial board members receive financial compensation for these side jobs.

The FDA has approved a CT guidance system for interventional radiologists performing percutaneous procedures with robotics. And the European Union has greenlit a family of mobile CT scanners.

An investor-backed practice in the Northeast has acquired the radiology operations of a practice that runs six imaging centers in New Jersey.

A telehealth practice active in all 50 states has hired a similarly sprawling behavioral-health consultancy to provide physicians with pro-wellbeing, anti-burnout counseling and related services.