Virtual Radiologic (vRad), a national technology-enabled radiology practice, has received a 2011 Stevie® Award for Sales & Customer Service. The practice won the award in the Collaboration Solution category for its vRad ® Results (SM) cloud communication tool. This marks the second year consecutive year that Stevie Awards, which organizes several

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is inviting public comments on its “Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2011-2015”, released March 25.

The American Medical Association (AMA) will next week host a free webinar focusing on radiation preparedness in the U.S., as well as the implications and treatment of radiation exposure.

GE Healthcare this week introduced a vascular visualization software application designed to enhance digital subtraction angiography and, in turn, offer to interventional radiologists what the company deems a “new vision” of vascular flow.

Preliminary recommendations for Stage Two of Meaningful Use are a step in the right direction, but significant gaps in the draft advice remain, ACR IT and Informatics Committee-Government Relations Subcommittee Chair Keith J. Dreyer, DO, PhD, told advisors to the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) in a meeting last week.

Preliminary results from two accountable care organization (ACO) pilot projects undertaken by CIGNA indicate that both are achieving lowered growth in healthcare costs as well as simultaneous improvements in the caliber of patient care.

Insight Health Services Holdings Corp., a provider of fixed-site and mobile diagnostic imaging services under the Insight Imaging name, late last week announced its emergence from Chapter 11 restructuring, thereby eliminating nearly $300 million of long-term debt. A new, $17.5 million revolving credit facility with Healthcare Finance Group will be

Airport scanners pose no significant radiation threat to air travelers, according to a study published the March 28 online issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.