Conventional wisdom (and experience) tells us that radiologists and cardiologists dont like to play in the same sandbox. The relationship between the specialties has long been characterized by turf wars, competition and political wrangling.

Change is coursing through the healthcare pipeline. In fact, the very nature of change seems to be evolving. In the last two decades, technological developments monopolized the radiology spotlight.

As providers and manufacturers await updated FDA regulations on mobile medical devices, the Technology Management Council of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has launched a 10-hospital study on the state of healthcare technology management.

During a time of tremendous uncertainty in healthcare and monotonously consistent inaccurate predictions about the systems future and radiologys role in it, scenario planning offers radiology chairs a complementary approach to improve readiness and maximize the departments prospective problem solving capabilities, argued the authors of a March study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The Center for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, in San Antonio, Texas, has tapped TSI Healthcare to implement a rheumatology-specific EHR and practice management system.

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center in Richmond has purchased two Carestream DRX-Evolution suites for the ED and converted five mobile x-ray units to the DRX-Mobile Retrofit.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has called for a 1 percent increase in payments for inpatient and outpatient hospitals, as well as for physician fee schedule services, in its March report to Congress.

IT health company Merge Healthcare will be expanding its relationship with Dutch imaging distributor Fysicon by customizing the companys Evocs image management portal.