Radiology

City Hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va., part of West Virginia University Hospitals-East, has opened a new $2 million interventional radiology suite, according to a Herald-Mail report.

The American College of Radiology has responded to a study in Health Affairs that reported a decline in imaging use, saying the findings are incomplete and potentially misleading.

Franciscan Physicians Hospital in Munster, Ind., has dedicated a new imaging department, according to a Northwest Indiana Times report.

Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, Ala., is breaking ground today on a $7.5 million outpatient diagnostic and imaging facility in Madison, Ala., according to a Huntsville Times report.

Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, has purchased River View Imaging Center from Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System for a little more than $800,000, according to a Lancaster Eagle-Gazette report.

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins has acquired Maryland's Parris Castoro eye care, according to a Havre de Grace Patch report.

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.