Erkan Akyuz has been named president of McKesson Technology Solutions' Imaging & Workflow Solutions. Well known in imaging circles, Akyuz most recently served as president and CEO of Vital Images, Inc; previously, he was executive vice president and chief technology officer at Agfa Healthcare.

While 8 million people may have signed up for coverage under the health insurance exchanges (HIXs), the world is now watching to see how many of them pay their premiums under affordable care. The current uninsured rate is at its lowest in years, according to recent reports from Gallup, but industry experts indicate those numbers may fluctuate based on people’s continued ability to pay premiums. In an effort to offer consumers ample time to pay their insurance premiums under the new healthcare law, a provision was included to give them a 90-day grace period. While the grace period may be beneficial to consumers, it increases the financial risk and potential financial burden to healthcare providers. 

New data released this week indicate that even though the number of adults in the United States who lack health insurance has dropped to its lowest rate since 2008, the new health law still lacks consumer approval. A Gallup Poll released Monday, May 5, reported that the U.S. uninsured rate has fallen to 13 percent as of April, 2014, down from its peak of 18 percent in 2013. According to Gallup, the report captures the surge in late sign-ups that occurred in March. 

STAMFORD, Conn. & BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), 40% of all women undergoing screening mammography have dense breast tissue. FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products, and FUJIFILM SonoSite Inc., the world leader in point-of-care (POC) ultrasound, will sponsor an educational symposium titled “Navigating through the Dense Breast Imaging Landscape” on May 8, 2014 from 6:00 – 8:30 PM at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, Oregon.

The American College of Radiology today announced the launch of the ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center Program, a designation that would ensure providers meet specific equipment, personnel and imaging-protocol requirements.

In a corporate reorganization designed to streamline bureaucracy and add $1 billion to its balance sheet, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser unveiled a new strategic plan at a press conference yesterday, revealing that 16 business units will be reduced to nine, and healthcare will be given a large measure of autonomy to run itself.

Ten years ago, the overwhelming majority of radiologists were engaged in private practice; today just 41% to 54% of respondents to ACR-sponsored workplace surveys say that they are in private practice, according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

A panel of experts convened by the National Cancer Institute suggests calling slow-growing lesions in the breast, prostate, lung and skin by a new name, indolent lesions of epithelial origin, or IDLE, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.