Sectra, the global supplier of healthcare IT and image-management systems based in Sweden, has closed a sale in its home country worth more than $24 million. 

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that fewer women are getting both annual and biennial mammograms since the United States Preventive Services Task Force revised its mammography guidelines in 2009.

Reston, Va. (Feb. 16, 2015) — Quality and safety sessions at ACR 2015™ can help radiology professionals address hot-button issues — including radiation dose optimization, mammography value, quality metrics and pay-for-performance measures. Demonstrating quality is increasingly important as medicine transitions from volume to value-based care. 

While conventional wisdom suggests that patients are responsible for urging their doctors to perform unnecessary tests like imaging studies that inflate healthcare costs, a new study has found that patients really aren’t to blame.

Gregory Q. Hill, JD, has accepted the position as Medical College of Wisconsin Radiology department administrator.

Desert Radiologists is a large radiology practice based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The group currently has 65 radiologists providing services in six practice-owned imaging centers as well as 24/7 professional services to 13 hospitals in Nevada, Texas and Oklahoma. These are our top seven tips for avoiding denied claims:

A survey by the Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM) has found that the costs associated with implementing ICD-10 in small physician offices is relatively low compared to some previous estimates. The survey results were published in the Journal of AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association). 

Assuming the American College of Radiology’s latest workforce survey reflects the radiology specialty in toto, male radiologists practicing fulltime outnumber their female peers more than 8 to 2.