An imaging industry supplier best known for a widely adopted radiology reporting platform is partnering on radiological artificial intelligence with a company that pioneered GPUs and accelerated computing.

Cloud giant Amazon Web Services is expanding its 1½ -year-old HealthLake data-management service in two imaging-specific directions. In the process it’s drawing vocal buy-in from healthcare providers as well as imaging vendors.

Breast-imaging specialist Amy Patel, MD, has already been named Fan No. 1 by her hometown Kansas City Chiefs. Now she’s up against national championship finalists from the NFL’s 31 other teams.

The Israeli vendor Nanox says it has a vision for the future of healthcare. It seeks to address health disparities and access challenges with a new business model and innovative package of technologies. Hurdles loom, but opportunities abound. 

Three and a half weeks after abruptly closing shop due to unspecified technical difficulties, Hawaii Radiologic Associates is reopening its doors in stages.

A U.K. radiologist has received a six-month suspension for taking pay on unworked hours back in 2012 and 2013.

Hospitals are rich and poised to get richer while independent physicians and groups continue to take it on the chin, facing ever more onerous pressures to consolidate under the headship of large hospitals, health systems or for-profit practice management companies.