In early May, the ACR® submitted comments to CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT on the proposed rules¹ for stage 2 of the meaningful-use incentive program. The proposal from the federal agencies, released March 7, is much more inclusive of radiology than the rules for stage 1 were, with new objectives that include

I have written frequently about the implications of economic turbulence in radiology; we are facing some now, and others will unfold in the months and years ahead. These far-reaching implications concern nothing less than the survival of some private radiology practices and the death of fee-for-service payment. Our current economic model is

A Lancet study about the long-term cancer risks associated with CT scans for pediatric patients continues to draw reactions from the imaging world.

With leverage provided by a private financier, the Center for Diagnostic Imaging of Minneapolis, MN will merge with Insight Imaging of Lake Forest, CA, forming an imaging chain that extends through half the country.

Intelerad Medical Systems announced at SIIM 2012 the support for Tomosynthesis in the IntelePACS Breast Imaging module.

RadNet, Inc., a provider for a network of 232 owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, reported in a press release that it has successfully implemented a Meaningful Use-ready workflow solution suite from eRAD, Inc (a wholly owned subsidiary of RadNet), in the first step to roll out the technology across all its centers.

Peake Healthcare Innovations is demonstrating their cloud-based Image Management as a Service (IMaaS) at SIIM 2012. The PeakeSecure portfolio powers a medical image-sharing platform that includes a mix of services from image management and disaster recovery to advanced 3D visualization and cross-enterprise image exchange and workflow.

Agfa HealthCare, vendor of the Imaging Clinical Information System (ICIS) platform, announced today an agreement with Dell for the hosting of its distributed EMR image-management software; in turn, Agfa will offer ICIS as well as the Dell Cloud Clinical Archive Portfolio.