Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg (RAF) has promoted Chris Snyder to the position of practice administrator for Virginia Medical Imaging and Virginia Interventional & Vascular Associates (VIVA), RAF CEO Ed Swager announced today. The practice administrator provides executive leadership for four outpatient imaging centers that are a partnership of RAF and Mary Washington Healthcare – Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg, the Imaging Center for Women, Medical Imaging at Lee's Hill, and Medical Imaging of North Stafford – as well as VIVA's outpatient interventional radiology and vascular surgery facility.

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and medical informatics solutions, announced it has received FDA 510 (k) clearance for the sale and distribution of its most recent innovation in PACS technology, Synapse 5.

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Desert Radiology, Southern Nevada's leading diagnostic practice, is celebrating 50 years of providing the community with the highest quality care. Founded by three radiologists in 1966, Desert Radiology is proud to have grown to 70 board certified, USA trained physicians, over 300 staff members and six state of the art outpatient facilities where they provide care to thousands of patients each year. They are the exclusive radiology partner with a local multidisciplinary oncology group, The Culinary Health Fund, The Valley Health System hospital network, UMC, Boulder City Hospital, and Mountain's Edge Hospital. Desert Radiology also provides diagnostic support to several multi-specialty medical centers throughout Nevada.

The People’s Choice Awards, Grammys and Oscars aren’t the only prestigious awards that get handed out at this time of year. Research firm KLAS announced the winners of its annual Best in KLAS: Software & Services  awards today, celebrating top-ranking companies based on the feedback of their own customers. 

The FDA has posted an advisory to its website, reminding facilities that if a PACS fails and images are lost for reasons that should have been preventable, action can be taken against the facility for improper compliance. 

With radiology continuing to refine its niche in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment, Sruti Nataraja, MPH, managing director at the Advisory Board Company, believes that one of the major themes coming out the past year is, “The consumer-driven health care market has arrived.”

With the possible exception of diffusion-tensor MRI for concussion in athletes, no clinical imaging procedure stands a chance of bumping information technology-with its attendant ripple effects on regulatory compliance and business performance-off radiology’s figurative front page in 2016.

Konica Minolta, Inc. today announced a package of customizable tools offered within the Exa PACS/RIS/EHR platform that enable healthcare organizations to derive maximum value by leveraging the facility-specific customization tools.