McKesson’s business performance services division has won the business of Elmhurst Radiologists, a 12-doc practice operating within 259-bed Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, part of the three-hospital Edward-Elmhurst system outside Chicago.

The largest daily newspaper in Nevada has done radiology a kindness. On a Sunday in late March, the Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday circ: 200,000-plus), ran a feature article titled “Radiologists play a key role in modern medicine.”

I’ve worked in radiology IT leadership for more than 20 years, but over the past year and a half, I’ve learned more about all three—radiology, IT and leadership—than in the previous 18 years combined.

Two mandates are driving U.S. healthcare policy: improving quality and reducing costs. At vRad, leadership has embraced these concepts and integrated them into its corporate mission.

The pace of innovation has quickened considerably during the past 18 months at vRad, ever since Ben Strong MD, chief medical officer, found a willing collaborator in CIO Shannon Werb.

Many of you are sending staff off to the the annual HIMSS meeting in Chicago, and a helpful concept to keep in mind would be the following: Few things are more complex than making something simple.

As the healthcare industry continues to expand and implementation of federal mandates on the transition to electronic medical records continues, the role of information systems managers within healthcare operations is becoming understandably more influential.

Viztek is on a roll. In early January, the Garner, N.C.-based radiology vendor won FDA approval for Exa, its web-based, zero-footprint PACS platform.