Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System will open a new medical imaging facility at St. Luke's Meridian (Idaho) Medical Center on Monday, according to an Idaho Statesman report.
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Danbury (Conn.) Hospital has opened a new Breast Imaging Center, according to a Stamford Plus report.
National Radiology Consultants in Tampa, Fla., has announced that it has partnered with a number of Hospital Corporation of America hospitals in Florida, including Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Fla., to provide 24/7 teleradiology services.
Parma (Ohio) Community General Hospital has announced the opening of a new outpatient center.
Given Imaging has announced it has filed an FDA application seeking regulatory clearance to market its PillCam COLON 2 for visualization of the lower gastrointestinal tract, according to a news release.
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During the 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago from Nov. 25 to 30, GE Healthcare announced the receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for an advanced imaging tool, which…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Optimal Radiology, a provider of comprehensive radiology solutions to hospitals, has joined with Nashville-based Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, a provider of radiology and other specialty medical services, to form Optimal Radiology Partners, an integrated national radiology practice.
Additional imaging service referrals by providers who self-referred cost Medicare approximately $109 million, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
Radiology has a significant clinical and economic impact on hospitals, as it affects nearly every major disease category and is one of the top cost drivers in healthcare. Hank Schlissberg, chief strategy officer, and Frank Seidelmann, DO, co-founder, chairman of…
Medicare Part B spending for noninvasive diagnostic imaging has decreased 21 percent from 2006 to 2010, dropping from approximately $11.91 billion to $9.46 billion, according to a study in Journal of the American College of Radiology.