Carestream Health announced Thursday, July 19, that David C. Westgate has been named the company’s new chairman, president and CEO.

Carestream Health announced Thursday, July 19, that David C. Westgate has been named the company’s new chairman, president and CEO.

An immersive video conference between radiologists and ICU clinicians could facilitate relationships between doctors who haven’t been connected for a decade and boost quality of care in both departments, a group of Philadelphia physicians reported this summer in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) announced this week that the impact factor of its flagship publication, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM), increased by 12 percent in 2017.

UnitedHealth Group is exploring an acquisition of Tenet Healthcare’s healthcare management subsidiary, Conifer Health Solutions, according to the The Wall Street Journal.

A group of Australian researchers have developed a blood test that can accurately detect melanoma with 79 percent accuracy in its earliest stages. Results of their study were published on July 17 in Onocotarget.

The lack of a solid framework or job description for consultant radiology technologists in the U.K. is jeopardizing the profession, according to research published in Radiography this month. It’s also resulting in a generation of consultants who are ill-prepared for their roles.

After a federal judge blocked work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries in Kentucky, CMS has opened a pathway for the policy.