Economics

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Reducing MRI scan times could add thousands of exam slots, generating up to $22M in new revenue per practice
That’s according to a new retrospective study led by the University of California, San Francisco, and Siemens Healthineers, published Tuesday in Radiology.
Feds should take page from EHRs, creating ‘Meaningful Use’ program to spur AI adoption, Rad Partners leaders say
"Using a similar approach of front-loaded, declining incentives, an AI-focused program could help accelerate adoption and implementation," write Richard Heller and Nina Kottler.
Private equity-backed Integrated Diagnostic Services acquires rival radiology firm
Formed by HCAP Partners in March, IDS is now launching its "roll-up" strategy by buying First Choice Mobile Radiology Services.
Radiopharmaceutical firm Telix touts $151M in Q1 sales from PET imaging agent Illuccix
The Australia-based firm said the nine-digit figure represents a 35% year-over-year increase compared to Q1 of 2024 and 9% uptick from the previous quarter.
Chinese radiology vendors dodge high tariffs with US-based factories
United Imaging and other manufacturers that have established American factories may remain insulated from the trade war.

Those include Florida, New Hampshire, Vermont and Virginia, with thousands of patients standing to benefit, according to Susan G. Komen.

Employing a "silver squad" of former physicians to decompress work lists should be a "strong consideration" for any practice, one expert argued.

MIM Software offers 40-plus solutions, used by over 3,000 institutions worldwide, and has more than 350 employees, also working in China and Belgium.

Under terms of the deal, Advocate will become a division of Ventra, while its leaders will retain their roles in the newly combined company.

Butterfly iQ3 is the third generation of the Burlington, Massachusetts, company's semiconductor-based, single-probe, whole-body scanner.

Boston Scientific Corp. is purchasing Axonics in a move the buyer says will allow it to pursue a ripe segment of the urology market.

Varian said it plans to work closely with Nova Scotia Health to develop a new "digital imaging concept," the two organizations announced Jan. 4.

Geraldine McGinty, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine, explains how practices can retain radiologists during the Great Resignation in healthcare.