Duke University Health System has selected M*Modal Speech Understanding technology to support its Epic EHR deployment.

RadNet and Barnabas Health have formed a joint venture to pursue opportunities in diagnostic imaging and related businesses within New Jersey.

The Supreme Court justices and orators on behalf of Department of Health and Human Services v Florida parties laced up their debating gloves as they entered into the second day of oral arguments on the case of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

Virtual Radiologic (vRad) announced its 2012 scholarship program with the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA). The scholarship covers registration fees and other costs recipients incur for attending RBMA conferences.

CHICAGOThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been debated and discussed ad nauseam, but how will the guts of the bill actually impact doctors? This is the question Richard E. Anderson, MD, chairman and CEO of The Doctors Company, asked March 25 at an afternoon session at the 61st annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific session. While the bills goal is to insure more Americans, Anderson said ultimately it will increase demand yet offer no break in terms of supply or professional liability.

CHICAGOThe inclusion of physicians in marketing and outreach to medical professionals and consumers was crucial to increasing volume of Riverside Medical Centers peripheral vascular program in both primary and secondary markets, according to a poster presentation at the American College of Cardiovascular Administrators (ACCA) annual meeting, March 21 to 23.

The American Medical Association (AMA) applauded the House Energy and Commerce Committees decision to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a panel which, according to AMA President-elect Jeremy Lazarus, MD, would have too little accountability and the power to make indiscriminate cuts that adversely affect access to healthcare for patients.

Most U.S. medical licensing authorities reported incidents of online professionalism violations by physicians, many of which resulted in serious disciplinary actions, according to a survey published March 21 in the Journal of American Medical Association.