Living in poverty is associated with higher rates of ionizing radiation dosage, but only because people with lower incomes are more likely to be sick and require a greater amount of imaging, according to a study in the current issue of the Journal of American College of Radiology.

Health care executives recognize the need for a robust health information exchange, but they largely lack the budget, according to a survey by Beacon Partners.

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine calls into question the bi-annual screening for osteoporosis that Medicare recommends for women over 65.

A woman who was part of a criminal case against a radiology technologist in Georgia for wrongfully reporting the results of 10 mammogram tests has died.

Radiologists at the University of Michigan have been helping to develop a new technology that performs a CT scan at a fraction of the radiation dose required for a conventional CT, according to a press release by the University of Michigan Health System.

The worldwide market for Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) is expected to grow by 10% annually to about $5.8 billion by 2017, according to MarketResearch.com.

The health care merger and acquisition market in the US generated 980 deals worth $227.4 billion in 2010, which was 9% higher than the previous year, based on a market report by Irving Levin Associates, Inc.

Cyber security experts are warning small practices of the vulnerabilities in their electronic record systems in a report by Kroll’s Cyber Security and Information Assurance.