Troubles have been mounting for months at the Central Alabama VA health system, and right now no clinical department is feeling the heat more acutely than radiology.

Dr. Karen DeSalvo recently announced her departure from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to assist in the federal government's Ebola response efforts, but will continue to be involved in federal health information technology efforts as well. 

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) recently announced a partnership with KLAS Enterprises, a research firm, to accelerate and enhance industry performance and support all stakeholders in healthcare transformation.

The world-famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle and its flying fish wasn't world famous before it implemented its "extraordinary technology of being". In fact, the market was very much on the ropes and in danger of disappearing altogether.

John Dineen, former president and CEO of GE Healthcare, has signed on with a large private-equity investment firm as an operating advisor. 

Although four confirmed cases of Ebola here do not add up to a crisis, Liberia’s crisis is now visiting our shores. Without strong leadership, we could have one here too.

Ron Boucher, MD, chief of radiology at the VA Medical Center in Seattle, Wash., and clinical professor of Oregon Health & Science University, spent 9 months practicing radiology in a battlefield tent hospital only a mile from the front in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Immediate opportunities exist in radiology to reduce cost, raise quality, and improve value.