April 8, 2014 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1961 by Drs D.J. McCulloh and W.F. Lindsey, Radiology Associates of Tallahassee has been serving Tallahassee and surrounding areas for the past 50 years. They have 17 Board certified radiologists on staff with sub-specialties in all areas of diagnostic and interventional radiology for a combined total of over 250 years of experience in Tallahassee. They were seeking a solution to automate their teleradiology business and selected PowerServer PACS for its breadth of functionality and ability to expand to their future business needs. 

Latest PACS Platform Also Offers Ability to Integrate Mammography Into General Radiology Workflow     ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 10 — Major Hospital (Shelbyville, Ind.), purchased and installed an upgrade to the newest CARESTREAM Vue PACS to benefit from advanced features and options that include Carestream’s Vue Motion image viewer, lesion management application and a mammography module that will integrate mammography exams into the general radiology reading workflow. 

New survey data indicate that the percentage of uninsured American adults has dropped from 20.5 percent to 15.8 percent between September 2013 and mid-March 2014. The survey results, released this week by the Rand American Life Panel, suggest that the newly insured have secured health insurance coverage from multiple sources including the new marketplaces established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as employer-sponsored coverage and Medicaid. 

The Ohio State Medical Association has named Dr. Peter Lafferty the Physician Innovator of the Year.

In the latest of a series of articles questioning the value of annual mammograms for breast cancer screening, a meta-analysis of previously published studies estimates that mammography reduces the overall breast cancer rate by just about 19% (and closer to 15% in women aged 40 to 50), with an equivalent percentage of over diagnosis in younger women.

Its full steam ahead as the health insurance exchange (HIE) open enrollment period comes to a close. With the announcement that 7 million individuals have enrolled in the plan, many changes are expected based on this new patient population.

In a landmark achievement for the American College of Radiology, Congress passed legislation that preserves physician reimbursement for 12 months and requires them to consult appropriateness criteria prior to ordering advanced imaging for Medicare patients.

David H. Ring, M.D., Jr., has been appointed to the Broward Health Foundation board of directors.