After consulting for the practice for several years, two years ago, Robert Cannistra joined Radiologic Associates PC (Middletown, New York) as its director of IT. Like many in the informatics field, Cannistra says, he was surprised by the unique challenges that health-care providers face when he first began consulting for hospitals and health-care

As a neuroradiologist, Ray Kirk, MD, president of Greater Houston Radiology Associates (GHRA) in Texas, often considers both the financial and clinical futures of the specialty. “Where radiology is today,” he says, “there is a need to make ourselves more relevant to the patient-care process in the eyes of our customers—hospitals, referring

With radiology practices increasingly facing the imperative to function as businesses, dashboarding has become a favorite buzzword—but what does it really mean? It is our contention, at Integrated Medical Partners, that dashboarding is a widely misunderstood concept. A practice’s business intelligence is about much more than the visually pleasing

HIMSS cites data refuting the concerns of the four House Republicans who say Meaningful Use is failing to create interoperability.

The Office of Inspector General's priorities for finding fraud and waste in Medicare once again includes imaging services.

Citing differences on "major components of a partnership" ASTRO is ending its affiliation with the ACR and will create its own program.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance says failure to preserve the U.S. helium supply will harm patients and health care.

Strand Diagnostics is expanding its system to prevent misidentification of prostate biopsy samples to breast biospies, too.