vRad (Virtual Radiologic), the nation’s leading telemedicine company and radiology practice, and MetaMind, Inc., a provider of state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions powered by “deep learning,” announced a partnership to improve the speed, accuracy and quality of radiology diagnostics for a series of potentially life-threatening conditions, the first of which will be intracranial hemorrhaging (IH).

“The one thing Democrats and Republicans agree about is mammograms: We need more, not less, screening. Meanwhile, screening has become radiology’s raison d’être, the treatment effect, the proof that imaging saves lives, the link between the radiologist in a dark room and the people.”

The largest health insurance companies in the United States are racing to become even larger by merging with smaller rivals, according to an article published today in the Wall Street Journal. 

Marketing plays a critical role in hospital-practice alignment and recognition of value-added services.

In the next two years, already-inundated radiology administrators will face an onslaught of new regulatory challenges. 

Advisory Board Co. research reveals that there are multiple avenues through which to pursue hospital–radiologist alignment.

Under pressure to change, hospital radiology is entering a period of innovation.

The 50 U.S. hospitals with the highest markups charge an average of ten times the Medicare-allowable cost, greatly impacting uninsured and out-of-network patients, according to a recent study published by Health Affairs.