As the volume of patient data that forms the foundation of the recently released Health Care Cost and Utilization Report: 2010 carries enough weight to stand on its own, all that's left for people on the sidelines to do is comment on its usage.

Citing a growing demand for nationwide HIT services, Inland Imaging of Spokane, WA announced plans this week to spin off an integrated IT service and image archiving subsidiary, the Spokane Spokesman-Review reported.

Tel Aviv, Israel-based ETView Medical announced this week that it has secured FDA approval to market its VivaSight airway imaging surgical system and plans to bring the technology immediately to U.S. customers.

By the end of 2012, kidney care provider DaVita will add “HealthCare Partners” to its name, as the latter was acquired by the former in a $4.42 billion deal that forms a network of coordinated care services serving 667,000 patients.

As the new CEO of radiology services provider, OptimalIMX, Jonathan Grimes confesses he’s not as up-to-speed on the more technical aspects of the industry as he’d like—but that’s okay. Change is good.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe they have developed a novel approach to fighting cancer that could go viral--and they've already got a $3 million buy-in from the National Cancer Institute.

In a frank conference call with investors earlier this week, Dean Janes, CEO of tech startup Imaging3, described how the company continues to be battered by hard times, warning that a serious influx of cash is needed before it can even present its technology for FDA approval.

Concord Medical, which operates the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China, reported its unaudited consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2012 today.