Out-of-pocket healthcare costs continue to rise, while insurance coverage narrows.

IBM Watson Health and Siemens Healthineers announced a five-year “global alliance,” partnering to develop solutions for population health management. The two companies are leveraging a rapidly growing industry segment expected to both improve patient outcomes and be worth more than $30 billion by 2020. 

The JACR Firing Line Podcast takes on the inflated world of the "hospital chargemaster" this week, welcoming Seth Stein, MD, a radiology resident at Cornell Medical Center. 

A large majority of molybdenum production, roughly 95 percent, is limited to seven large reactors across the globe. Worldwide supply is soon to be further constricted with a Canadian reactor scheduled to close in October. The fragility of this supply chain underscores a need for more efficient production methods, something University of Missouri researchers hope to refine.

California-based imaging solutions provider Trice Imaging recently partnered with GE Healthcare in a deal that will bring Trice’s cloud-based imaging system to select GE scanners.

North Mississippi Health Services announced this week that it has purchased a majority interest in Tupelo, Mississippi-based The Imaging Center, partnering with MedQuest Associates as a managing joint venture partner in the business. 

A University of Western Australia study has shown that ultrasound is a cost- and time-effective follow-up for women under 50 who’ve had an MRI screening for breast cancer.

Laurel Bridge Software has partnered with nationwide imaging consortium Strategic Radiology to offer preferred access to imaging workflow, archiving, and consolidation solutions. Individual members of Strategic Radiology have utilized Laurel Bridge software, and the Delaware-based company is looking forward to implementing their solutions nationwide, explained Laurel Bridge CEO Mark Blair.