Radiology Partners announces partnership with West Houston Radiology

Radiology Partners has announced a new partnership with West Houston Radiology in Houston. West Houston Radiology employs approximately 50 physicians who serve hospitals and outpatient imaging centers throughout Texas.

“We are thrilled to partner with the physicians of West Houston,” Rich Whitney, chairman and CEO of Radiology Partners, said in a prepared statement. “They have a reputation among their clients for exceptional service and quality. We look forward to collaborating to further raise the bar in terms of the clinical value offered to clients, patients and payers in their markets and beyond.”

“We are excited to partner with a practice that has such a deep alignment with our mission to provide exceptional healthcare,” Craig Thiessen, practice leader of West Houston Radiology, said in the same statement. “In addition to Radiology Partners’ commitment to clinical innovation, its strong and growing presence in Houston and existing relationship with HCA made our partnership with them an ideal fit for our practice. And even more importantly, this is going to be a great fit for the patients and referring physicians who trust and rely upon us.”

Radiologists from Radiology Partners serves numerous health systems in Texas, including HCA Gulf Coast, Memorial Hermann Health System, CHI St. Luke’s Health, Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor, Scott & White Health.

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