Radiology in Medical News

Hitachi Medical Systems and Monarch Medical Announced as Co- Title Sponsors of the Health Connect Partners' 2009 Fall Radiology and Imaging Conference

LEBANON, Tenn., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Connect Partners, Inc. ( www.hlthcp.com ) announced today that Hitachi Medical Systems and Monarch Medical have signed on as Co- Title sponsors of its 2009 Fall Radiology and Imaging Conference. The 2009 Fall Radiology and Imaging ...

MedicExchange Launches Customer Review Platform for Healthcare IT and Radiology Products

NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- MedicExchange has launched a comprehensive customer review platform for the healthcare IT and radiology products available through its website, www.medicexchange.com . The easy to use review platform allows MedicExchange registered members to...

Foundation Radiology Group Signs Exclusive Contract With Pennsylvania's Wayne Memorial Hospital

PITTSBURGH, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Foundation Radiology Group (FRG), the premier provider of diagnostic imaging professional services, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is pleased to announce its exclusive imaging services contract with Wayne Memorial Hospital, located in Honesdale, PA. W...

Dr. Christopher Olivia Appointed to Foundation Radiology Group Board of Directors

PITTSBURGH, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Foundation Radiology Group (FRG), a premier provider of diagnostic imaging professional services headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Christopher Olivia, M.D., M.B.A., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Oliv...

Booth Radiology Extends and Elevates Partnership With AMICAS

BOSTON, July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMICAS, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMCS ), a leader in image and information management solutions, today announced a new contract with Booth Radiology (West Deptford, NJ). This agreement will allow Booth Radiology to use the AMICAS ONE Suite(TM) as its end-...

Foundation Radiology Group Builds Sales and Marketing Teams for Projected Record-Year Growth

PITTSBURGH, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Foundation Radiology Group (FRG), the premier provider of diagnostic imaging professional services headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Yamshak, Senior Vice President of Sales, and Gretchen Connelly, Director of M...

Avoiding Hysterectomy: Major Interventional Radiology E-collection Info Available

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology Assembles Major Studies of Uterine Artery Embolization Over Past Two Years; Treatment Replaces Need for Traditional Surgery FAIRFAX, Va., July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time, the Society of Inter...

New: Interventional radiology coding users' guide

FAIRFAX, Va.The 2009 Interventional Radiology Coding Users' Guide, a comprehensive resource for endovascular and interventional procedures and services, is now available in both book and CD formats. This unique reference is made available by the Society of Interventional Radiology, a national orga...

Foundation Radiology Group Receives First-Ever National Accreditation

PITTSBURGH, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Foundation Radiology Group (FRG), headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is pleased to announce its recent accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The JCAHO evaluates over 15,000 healthcare organization...

Compressus Initiates Enterprise Workflow Management Implementation at Radiology Associates of Fox Valley

70 Years of Service Excellence and Innovation Leads Radiology Group to Select MEDxConnect(TM) System to Virtualize Workflow to Improve Patient Care and Increase Productivity CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Compressus, leaders in interoperability of disparate healthcare IT systems, ann...

Side discrepancy errors in radiology reports rare but often clinically significant

Side discrepancy errors in radiology reports do occur and it is important that radiologists, referring physicians and patients communicate well to help prevent errors in clinical management, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. "Side discrepancy errors refe...

Foundation Radiology Group Raises $10 Million in Venture Funding Led by Chrysalis Ventures

PITTSBURGH, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Foundation Radiology Group (FRG), a provider of diagnostic imaging professional services to hospitals, outpatient imaging centers, urgent care centers, and long-term acute care institutions, announced today that it has raised $10 million in the company's ...

Harris Corporation Redesigning Popular Radiology Web Site to Enhance Content Management and Accessibility

CHICAGO, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (HIMSS'09, Booth #3974) -- Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS ) is re-engineering and redesigning the web site "CTisUS" ( www.ctisus.com ) to deliver intuitive navigation to state-of-the-practice medical imaging content for radiologic technologists and o...

Society of Interventional Radiology honors Dotter lecturer, announces gold medalists

FAIRFAX, Va.Matthew A. Mauro, M.D., FSIR, delivered the 2009 Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecture at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 34th Annual Scientific Meeting last week in San Diego, Calif. This award, supported by the SIR Foundation, honors an interventional radiologist's extraordinary co...

Oh Baby, Interventional Radiology Makes Childbirth Safer

C-sections and "Invasive" Placenta Condition Can Result in Excessive Bleeding and Be Life Threatening for Mothers SAN DIEGO, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Innovative, interventional radiology treatments are making childbirth safer for women who have C-sections that are complicated by ma...

Society of Interventional Radiology Hosts 34th Annual Scientific Meeting

Latest Advances in Minimally Invasive Medicine Featured March 7-12 in San Diego FAIRFAX, Va., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) will present the latest research on treatments for individuals with kidney, prostate and bone cancer; herniated disk...

The Endovascular Forum, Inc. and the Society of Interventional Radiology Partner to Extend the Clinical Influence of Electronic Medical Care Advancement Through Communities of Practice Designed to Deepen the Conversation of Clinical Experience and Advance

BOSTON, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Endovascular Forum, Inc. (EVF), an IC Sciences Company, and its partner the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) announce a collaboration that shares a common vision of advancing the EVF Communities of Practice (CoP) goals of reconstructing clinical experie...

SearchMedica Launches Radiology Search Channel for Medical Professionals

DARIEN, Conn., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SearchMedica.com ( http://www.searchmedica.com/ ), the leading search engine for medical professionals, today unveiled its new Radiology search channel. The search channel connects radiologists and other medical professionals with the most timely and relevant ...

Foundation Radiology Group Named One of 50 Largest Radiology Groups in the Country

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) was named by the Radiology Business Journal to be one of the 50 largest radiology groups in the country. Located in Gateway Center in downtown Pittsburgh, FRG has been growing at a brisk pace, and was pleased to g...

Health Level Seven and The Health Story Project Announce Publication of Diagnostic Imaging Report Guide at Annual RSNA Meeting : HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) Implementation Guide Enhances Radiology Reporting

The latest development in the standardization of information flow between radiologists and electronic health record systems was announced today at the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North American (RSNA) by Health Level Seven (HL7) and The Health Story ...

Foundation Radiology Group Adds World Class Cardiovascular Imaging Expert, Dr. Sanj Katyal, to Staff

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Sanj Katyal as their new Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations. Katyal will be joining them from West Penn Hospital, where he was most recently the Chief of Cardiov...

Insurers Employ Multiple Solutions to Avoid Radiology Expense Spike

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that while radiology costs have stabilized since first coming under scrutiny in 2005, insurers are seeing these costs quickly rise again. In several recent reports in...

New Teleradiology Reading Services Are Available at Online Radiology Medical Group, Inc.

Jesse Salen, the VP of Sales and Technology at Online Radiology Medical Group, Inc. is pleased to announce new teleradiology reading services are available, including remote reading of echo-cardiogram ultrasounds and functional MRI consulting and reading services. River...

MedQuist and Clario Form Partnership to Integrate zVision Radiology Practice Management Software with SpeechQ for Radiology

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ ), the leading provider of clinical documentation workflow technology and services, and Clario Medical Imaging Inc. announced today they have agreed to integrate Clario's zVision(TM) software with MedQuist's Spe...

MedQuist Introduces SpeechQ for Radiology Integrated with RadWorkFlow

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At RSNA 2008 (Nov. 30-Dec. 4 in Chicago), MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ ) is introducing a powerful integration between SpeechQ for Radiology(TM), a top-ranked interactive front-end speech recognition application, and RadWorkFlow(R), a robust...

Foundation Radiology Group Announces Multi-Year Deal with Charles Cole Memorial Hospital

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) signed a multi-year contract with Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, making FRG their exclusive provider of diagnostic imaging services effective December 31, 2008. Charles Cole Memorial Hospital is located in...

iCRco Releases Clarity PACS, the Clear Solution for Your Digital Radiology Imaging Needs

Clarity is an affordable image management solution for imaging centers and medical practices using digital radiology, and sets a new milestone in ease of configuration, reliability, functionality and performance. (PRWEB) July 14, 2008 -- Clarity is an affordable image m...

Foundation Radiology Group Signs Multi-Year Contracts for Diagnostic Services with Pineville Community and Knox County Hospitals

PITTSBURGH, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) has signed multi-year contracts with Pineville Community Hospital, Pineville, KY; and Knox County Hospital, Barbourville, KY, through which FRG will become their exclusive provider of diagnostic imaging profes...

NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. Announces Final Results of Tender Offer; NightHawk Purchases 2,240,883 Shares of Its Common Stock at $8.05 per Share

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHWK ), the leading provider of radiology solutions to radiology groups and hospitals throughout the United States, today announced the final results of its modified Dutch auction tender offer,...

Foundation Radiology Group and Cherry Tree Medical Associates Sign Multi-Year Contract for Diagnostic Services

PITTSBURGH, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) and Cherry Tree Medical Associates, Inc. have signed a five-year contract which will make FRG the exclusive provider of diagnostic imaging services for Cherry Tree, effective immediately. Kishor E. Joshi, M...

NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. Announces Preliminary Results of Its Tender Offer; NightHawk Expects to Purchase 2,367,438 Shares of Its Common Stock at $8.05 per Share

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHWK ), the leading provider of radiology solutions to radiology groups and hospitals throughout the United States, today announced the preliminary results of its modified Dutch auction tender ...

Chair of Radiology at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas Named President of American College of Physician Executives

DALLAS, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cynthia Sherry, MD, chair of radiology at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and president of the Texas Radiological Society, has been elected president of the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE), one of the country's most prestigious profess...

Booth Radiology Associates Chooses IDC To Complete Its Transition To Digital Imaging

Premier New Jersey Group Purchases Two IDC X-Series DR Systems CALGARY, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - IDC (Imaging Dynamics Company Ltd.) (TSX: IDL), the global leader in the rapidly growing market for digital radiography (DR), today announced Booth Radiology Associates has purchased tw...

NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. to Speak at the Goldman Sachs 29th Annual Global Healthcare Conference

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHWK ), the leading provider of radiology solutions to radiology groups and hospitals throughout the United States, today announced that it will present at the Goldman Sachs 29th Annual Global H...

AMICAS Focuses on the Future of Radiology IT at SIIM 2008

Radiology software solutions leader focuses on solving real-world problems in radiology BOSTON, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMICAS, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMCS ), a leader in radiology and medical image and information management solutions, today announced that its com...

NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. Announces Dutch Tender Offer for Its Common Stock

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHWK ), the leading provider of radiology solutions to radiology groups and hospitals throughout the United States, today announced that it has commenced its previously announced modified Dutch ...

NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. Announces Appointment of David Engert to the Board of Directors

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHWK ), the leading provider of radiology solutions to radiology groups and hospitals throughout the United States, today announced that Mr. David M. Engert has been appointed as an independen...

NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. to Host Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2008 Earnings Results

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHWK ), the leading provider of radiology solutions to radiology groups and hospitals throughout the United States, today announced that it will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 7, 200...

Safe at Any Age: Octogenarians Do As Well as Younger Patients With Interventional Radiology Arterial Procedures

Treatment Should Not Be Withheld in the Old; Improves Lives WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seniors over the age of 80 can safely undergo diagnostic angiography and arterial interventions -- such as vascular stenting and angioplasty -- and do just as well as younger patient...

New Interventional Radiology Treatment Shows Hope for People With Complications from Bone Marrow, Stem Cell Transplants

High-Dose Steroids Delivered Directly to the Organ Successfully Treats Graft-Versus-Host Disease WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The standard treatment to treat graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after bone marrow or cord blood transplant is intravenous (IV) steroids that a...