A Mayo Clinic medical center has landed the top spot as the nation’s best hospital, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

Siemens Healthineers and NuVasive, a spine technology company, have announced a new strategic partnership aimed at improving patient outcomes associated with minimally invasive spine surgery.

High-level support and a consensus-based decision-making process are the keys to standardizing CT and MRI protocols across large healthcare centers, a team of Harvard Medical researchers report in the current edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Administrators at Australia’s Canberra Hospital were warned radiology trainees were working unsupervised for more than a year before their program accreditation rating dropped from an “A” to a “D” this summer, the Canberra Times has reported.

Downstream costs associated with incidental pulmonary nodules are higher when ordering physicians do not adhere to radiologist recommendations or industry guidelines, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology. This gives radiologists yet another opportunity to provide additional value and help cut costs.

The U.S. has some of the highest healthcare costs in the world, but overall quality and cost can vary widely by state.

A patient-centered approach to contrast administration in CT, outlined this month in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, balances contrast dose with radiation dose, reportedly increasing patient safety while maintaining high-quality diagnostics.

Prime Healthcare Services, a national hospital system with 45 locations in 14 states, and its CEO have agreed to pay $65 million to settle a whistleblower case alleging false claims.