Growing imaging group Pediatric Teleradiology Partners inks 2 new partnerships

Growing imaging group Pediatric Teleradiology Partners has inked two new partnerships, leaders announced on Wednesday.

A division of Tampa-based South Florida Radiology, the practice said it is adding Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, the only such freestanding provider in Virginia, to its client list. In addition, the teleradiology practice is also partnering with ProScan Imaging, an Ohio-based company with 19 radiology facilities across six states.

“As we continue to expand our pediatric radiology and subspecialty radiology interpretive services across the U.S., we are excited to be reading exams for one of the premier children’s hospitals in the U.S. and integrate with one of the largest providers of imaging services on the East Coast, ProScan,” South Florida Radiology CEO Seth Crapp, MD, said in a statement.

SFLrad is physician owned and operated and recently launched Pediatric Teleradiology Partners to provide nationwide access amid a shortage of such subspecialists, according to its website.

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Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic. 

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