Virtual Radiologic (vRad), a technology-enabled national radiology practice, yesterday announced that it has formed a radiology partnership with ICON Medical Imaging (ICON), the medical imaging division of ICON plc.

Hospital medical staffs are increasingly expecting more from radiology—and small, traditional groups are struggling to keep up with those demands. That was the situation faced by Charles Rhoades, assistant administrator of clinical ancillary services at El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) in California.

The advent of advanced IT for health care has benefited the enterprise unevenly, according to Paul Chang, MD, medical director of enterprise imaging at the University of Chicago. While radiology has successfully leveraged cutting-edge IT to improve efficiency, other links in the care chain have lagged behind. “Around the world, many radiology

Across the country, radiology groups, faced with a less-than-favorable reimbursement outlook and increasing expenditures, are considering selling their practices to or entering into joint ventures with hospitals. As with any major financial decision, a detailed discussion of the pros and cons is required, and there are several factors of which

The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act made accountable-care organization (ACO) one of the most feared buzzwords since capitation, but if the concept of ACOs is framed within its larger context, which is a nationwide collaborative-care initiative with federal support, participation begins to seem less onerous.

One can’t help but seek significance in the death of someone as iconic as Apple cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs. Of all the things that he meant to those of us who have made our careers in the business world, among the most important and lasting, I believe, is that he had a unique and highly visible passion and love for his chosen path. Yes, he was a

Costs associated with conversion to the ICD-10 code set may total $640 million in 2013 alone, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed Wednesday during a briefing virtual briefing held by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

The supercommittee tasked with reducing the U.S. budget deficit would do well to repeal President Obama’s health care reform law, as well as to significantly alter Medicare and Medicaid alike, say Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee.