Radiology

The worldwide radiation therapy market is expected to reach $3.6 billion in 2018 due to an increasing number of cancer patients, according to a GlobalData news release.

Maui Radiology Associates, the current radiology services provider for Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, Hawaii, is challenging the hospital's new radiology contract with a different provider, according to a Maui News report.

The rate of advanced diagnostic imaging and associated radiation exposure at integrated healthcare systems has increased significantly from 1996 to 2010, according to a study in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

National radiology group Radisphere has been named a Red Herring Top 100 North American award winner, one of only eight healthcare companies selected.

In a presentation titled “The Radiology Department of the Future — Maintaining Profits From Imaging as the World Evolves,” Phillip Heckendorn, CEO, and David Walker, COO of RadCare, discussed ideas on how the radiology department could be most efficient and…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking public comment on a proposal designed to encourage manufacturers to consider the safety of children in the design of new X-ray imaging devices.

UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica (Calif.) has renamed the Women's Imaging Center the Barbara Kort Women's Imaging Center, according to a Santa Monica Mirror report.

A recent survey by UBM Medica's Diagnostic Imaging found nearly 70 percent of private practice radiologists were "very" or "a little" concerned about being acquired by a hospital.

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center announced the opening of its new Outpatient Imaging Center in the Cheyenne Regional Health Plaza.

Northside Hospital has opened a new outpatient imaging center in Buford, Ga., according to a report by The Weekly.