INDIANAPOLIS, IN - (May 19, 2014) - Zotec Partners (Zotec), an industry-leading provider of radiology billing and practice management services, announces an exclusive revenue cycle management (RCM) partnership with Radiology & Imaging Consultants, P.C. (RIC), a provider of radiology and imaging services in Colorado Springs, Colo. Under the new agreement, Zotec will support RIC with comprehensive RCM technology and services designed to minimize days in A/R, reduce compliance risk and increase collections.

Denver, Colorado and Montreal, Canada – May 16, 2014 – Intelerad Medical Systems™, a leader in medical imaging PACS, RIS and workflow solutions, today announced a partnership that allows it to provide its global customer base with the OneDX Patient CD Upload solution. 

Siemens Healthcare has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the 16- and 32-slice iterations of its industry-redefining SOMATOM® Perspective computed tomography (CT) system – an advanced scanner that is engineered to drive efficiency and reduce costs. 

LONG BEACH, CALIF.— When considering investment in a vendor neutral archive (VNA), providers should have a clear understanding of what exactly they are trying to achieve, advised a panel of industry experts at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

LONG BEACH, CALIF.— While the numbers describing the amount of data being generated in healthcare are eye-popping, for Eliot Siegel, MD, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and VA Maryland Health Care System, a highly dimensional and complex nature, not just volume, is what epitomizes “big data.”

LONG BEACH, CALIF.— While missing information about a patient’s clinical history can hinder a radiologist during interpretation, pertinent chronic conditions are often omitted from the clinical history provided by referring physicians, according to a study presented May 15 at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

LONG BEACH, CALIF.— Radiologists rely on quality IT professionals to keep systems running, but breakdowns in communication and misunderstandings between the two groups can lead to barriers and a less than cordial work environment.

Washington, D.C. – The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today said that a study focusing on the estimated cost of implementing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for low-dose computed tomography (CT) for high-risk lung cancer patients in the Medicare program neglects the opportunity to save tens of thousands of patients.