Five years after the program rolled out, radiologists weigh the pros and cons of attesting to meaningful use of health IT

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – (February 19, 2016) – Zotec Partners (Zotec), the industry leader in radiology revenue cycle and practice management services, announces a continued revenue cycle management agreement with Toledo Radiological Associates (TRA), an Ohio-based radiology group with 34 highly specialized board-certified radiologists. In the extended four-year arrangement, TRA will continue to use Zotec’s revenue cycle management (RCM) services and analytical tools to monitor data and ignite practice growth to the year 2020.

IBM has announced plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based analytics company, for $2.6 billion. The deal will give IBM access to the data of more than 200 million unique patients, helping it further strengthen the power and capabilities of its cognitive Watson Health unit. 

Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg (RAF) has promoted Chris Snyder to the position of practice administrator for Virginia Medical Imaging and Virginia Interventional & Vascular Associates (VIVA), RAF CEO Ed Swager announced today. The practice administrator provides executive leadership for four outpatient imaging centers that are a partnership of RAF and Mary Washington Healthcare – Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg, the Imaging Center for Women, Medical Imaging at Lee's Hill, and Medical Imaging of North Stafford – as well as VIVA's outpatient interventional radiology and vascular surgery facility.

The TeraMedica Division of FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.  announced today that Connecticut Children’s Medical Center will install Synapse VNA version 6.0, the next generation of its enterprise-wide medical information and image management solution, across its facility.

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and medical informatics solutions, announced it has received FDA 510 (k) clearance for the sale and distribution of its most recent innovation in PACS technology, Synapse 5.

The American College of Radiology’s Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care announced its new Informatics Committee this week, saying the new group will work toward developing technology that empowers patients as radiology continues its shift to patient-centered care

It’s becoming more and more common in the U.S. for patients to seek help from radiologists without a physician referral. What should radiologists know before accepting any “self-referred” patients?