Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) earlier this month may have sounded familiar to radiologists and radiology practice directors. The 2,000-word report—entitled “Best Care at Lower Cost”—never mentions imaging, but the goals and sentiments have been on the radiology radar for a long time.

Mach 7 Technologies (Mach7), a global provider of enterprise clinical image management solutions, has been named the Global Enterprise Imaging Informatics Entrepreneurial Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan.

Radiological Associates of Sacramento's teleradiology division, teleRAS, announced a partnership with the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Department of Medical Imaging.

As the use of digital X-ray on pediatric patients grows, the ACR's Image Gently campaign “Back to Basics” initiative is moving forward in getting practical resources on minimizing radiation exposure in pediatric patients into the hands of providers. This week it announced new online teaching materials, checklists and practice quality improvement

The annual end-of-year march to the Capitol to seek repeals for proposed or scheduled cuts to Medicare has added urgency this year. Against the backdrop of an upcoming additional $11 billion cut in Medicare mandated by last year’s Budget Control Act, the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) is meeting with lawmakers Thursday to ensure it

A survey of cardiologists conducted last year by MedAxiom and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) challenges the idea that overutilization of imaging is a growing problem in that specialty. On average, the cardiologists surveyed recorded 29 percent more patient visits since 2004 but performed fewer imaged stress studies.

As health care becomes increasingly consumer driven, patients are expecting higher levels of service and satisfaction from their providers, including providers of medical imaging. Elliot Silverman, director of imaging services at Palmetto General Hospital (Hialeah, Florida), notes that many patients have only a vague notion of what’s in store when

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