Cerner Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Siemens Health Services, the health information technology business unit of Siemens AG, for $1.3 billion in cash.

Tea Party-backed radiologist Milton Wolf, MD, lost his bid to unseat Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan) in a hotly contested Kansas primary race. With more than 98% of precincts reporting, Roberts bested Wolf 48% to Wolf’s 41% of the vote, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Mecklenburg Radiology Associates (MRA), is a key imaging services provider for Novant Health, a multi-state hospital system that primarily serves the mid-Atlantic region.

Erkan Akyuz was named president of McKesson Technology Solutions' Imaging & Workflow Solutions in May, 2014. Well known in imaging circles, Akyuz previously served as president and CEO of Vital Images, Inc, as well as executive vice president and chief technology officer at Agfa Healthcare. Akyuz brings extensive industry experience, strong leadership and a focus on customer success, and he is well prepared to further McKesson’s mission to break down information silos and improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care delivery. Health IT Executive Forum recently spoke with Akyuz about his perspectives on the current market, new opportunities and where he will take McKesson’s Imaging & Workflow Solutions division.

The Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis has selected one of its own, alumni Richard L. Wahl, MD, as Elizabeth E. Mallinckrodt Professor and chair of the radiology department. Wahl, whose cutting-edge research resulted in the development of immunotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, also was named director of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.

The Senate confirmed Robert McDonald to head the Department of Veterans Affairs last week, just after congressional leaders put together a $17 billion funding bill to help reform the agency. 

I had the privilege of spending ten minutes on the telephone with William T. Thorwarth, Jr, MD, earlier this week for the purpose of checking in with the ACR’s new CEO and listening to his top-of-mind concerns.

On April 14, 2014, William T. Thorwarth, Jr, MD, left behind 30 years of clinical practice with Catawba Radiological Associates to officially take the reins of the American College of Radiology.