At the 2018 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, Siemens Healthineers showcases new additions and updates to its Digital Ecosystem,1 an open and secured environment for healthcare stakeholders that houses a range of digital offerings from Siemens Healthineers and other partners based on shared healthcare data.

Mentoring programs are common in most modern-day radiology residencies, spanning hundreds of teaching hospitals and all focuses of the field. In a column published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, former radiology resident Charlotte S. Taylor, MD, and her mentor at the time, Vani Vijayakumar, MD, outlined a handful of points to help guide other institutions in their implementation of successful programs.

Kroger’s Little Clinic is partnering with Cincinnati-based health system UC Health to support mobile mammography and promote breast health education, the Cincinnati Business Courier has reported.

The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) announced Tuesday, Feb. 27, that Lisa Hazen has joined its staff as Nuclear Medicine Technology (NMT) Relationship Manager. This is a new position, and Hazen's responsibilities will include developing and building relationships throughout the industry.

Sixty years ago, a man found a handwritten message inside a bottle on an Australian beach. When he couldn’t track down the note’s author, he put it away for decades. His son recently found the note, however, and the mystery has been solved; it was written by radiologist William Hare, back in 1935.

Radiology Partners (RP) announced Tuesday, Feb. 20, that Jeffrey Immelt has joined its board of directors. Immelt is the former chairman and CEO of General Electric—he stepped down in 2017—and the current chairman of the board for athenahealth.

The Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) is now providing patient-friendly summaries of American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria (AC), according to a new blog post on the JACR’s website. The goal is to help laypeople better understand appropriate medical imaging.

Imaging techniques have long been used to study ancient artifacts, providing radiology with a bit of mainstream attention, and an upcoming exhibition in St. Louis is continuing that trend.