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RANT Radiology Associates of North Texas
Radiology Associates of North Texas inks $29M enterprise imaging deal

The five-year agreement is with radiology vendor Visage Imaging, which will provide a cloud-based storage platform and viewer. 

Women's Center for Radiology
Solis Mammography expands into Orlando, acquiring private practice and its 2 imaging centers

The Women's Center for Radiology employs five radiologists and has served central Florida for over 36 years. 

Strategic Radiology
Strategic Radiology expands into Wisconsin, adding 60-year-old private practice

Founded in 1969, Radiology Chartered employs 15 physicians, handling over 400,000 procedures per year and serving the Emplify Health hospital system. 

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Southeast hospital system inks $46M enterprise imaging deal with Sectra

The Sweden-based imaging IT and cybersecurity firm said it will deliver its storage solution as a fully managed cloud service to multiple sites. 

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RadNet acquires 60-year-old New York imaging group

The publicly traded imaging center operator is adding Kingston-based River Radiology, which has billed itself as the oldest imaging group in Ulster County. 

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Medicare picks participants for WISeR model, including radiologist-owned tech company

Oklahoma will use Humata Health, a firm founded by “recovering radiologist” Jeremy Friese, MD, who said he had grown frustrated with the struggles of prior authorization. 

S&P places Hologic on Credit Watch after news of $18B private equity takeover

Moody’s noted that Blackstone and TPG are financing the transaction with $12.25 billion in debt, spread across three separate loans. 

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Some PET exams may be overutilized in oncology

 In 2020 alone, there were more than 2 million 18F-FDG PET/CT scans conducted in the United States.

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Konica Minolta partnering with one of the largest teleradiology practices in the US

Transparent Imaging currently distributes work to more than 200 radiologists, who collectively read over 1 million imaging exams per year.

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AI turns mammograms into CVD risk assessments—no outside data required

Thanks to AI, clinicians can use mammograms to do a lot more than identify signs of breast cancer. Researchers explored data from nearly 50,000 patients, presenting their findings in Heart.