Philips Healthcare has been selected by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to install its Pinnacle3 SmartEnterprise radiation treatment planning system.

High physician fees, rather than factors such as practice costs, volume of services or tuition expenses, were the main drivers of higher U.S. healthcare spending and physician income, according to research presented in the September issue of Health Affairs.

Radiology Associates has partnered with McKesson for medical billing and practice management services.

In U.S. Department of Health and Human Services annual report to Congress, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reported that between Jan. 1, 2010, and Dec. 31, 2010, breaches involving 500 or more individuals were less than 1 percent of the breaches reported, but accounted for more than 99 percent of the more than 5.4 million individuals who were affected. 

Philips Healthcare has installed its Ingenuity CT at the Huntington Internal Medicine Group (HIMG) in Huntington, W.Va.

For the eighth consecutive year, the vacancy rate for radiographers has dropped and now stands at 2 percent, according to data presented in the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Radiologic Sciences Workplace Survey 2011.

The U.S. nonprofit healthcare sector has, and will continue to, face challenges in terms of declining revenue and volume growth trends, according to 2010 medians data outlined in a Moodys Investors Service report.

Efficiencies in physician work resulting from providing multiple services to the same patient during the same imaging session vary significantly both between and within modalities, and may not exist at all, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.