Health Gorilla, an online healthcare marketplace, has announced the launch of its expanded physician portal.

IBM made headlines Thursday when it announced its $1 billion acquisition of Merge Healthcare. Kyu Rhee, MD, IBM chief health officer, spoke on the phone with RadiologyBusiness.com about what the deal means for radiologists and healthcare as a whole. 

In a move to bolster its Watson Health unit, IBM has announced that it plans to acquire Merge Healthcare, provider of medical image management systems and other healthcare technologies, in a transaction valued at $1 billion.

Medical image sharing continues to play a crucial role in a wide variety of departments, according to a recent report published by peer60. 

Riverside Radiology and Interventional Associates (RRIA), Columbus, Ohio, was an early pioneer in the transition from analog to digital radiology, and radiologist Peter Lafferty, MD, vividly recalls his first encounter with the interpretation of digital images in the late ‘90s.

Ordering advanced imaging with clinical decision support (CDS) can save both time and money, but many of the details on how it will work are still unknown, according to a presentation earlier this week at the AHRA 2015 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

A recent Wall-Street Journal article provided readers with a helpful list of ways to take control of their medical records. Take a look at the infographic below, and share it with your patients. 

When working at a high volume breast imaging provider, radiologists can’t afford speed bumps. But hiccups in workflow are inevitable when a radiologist is forced to constantly switch between different workstations, each with their own interfaces and controls.