A California court has ruled that Kaiser Permanente has to pay $11.4 million--$7.5 million of which came in punitive damages--to radiologist Michael Martinucci, MD, who was fired from the provider for trying to make improvements at one of its diagnostic imaging facilities.

Nearly one-fifth of trauma patients who undergo CT evaluation have incidental findings that are easily detectable, according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The Aevresis Diagnostic Center in Nicosia, Cyprus, has chosen to digitize its mammography operations with a Sectra full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reject the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) recommendations for significant changes to physician reimbursement rates for advanced medical imaging procedures.

Subspecialization in the field of radiology is on the rise, but only a minority of radiation oncologists choose this path, according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

As the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act seeks to transform healthcare, only 42 U.S. hospitals serve as models in IT adoption for other facilities beginning that process, according to Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics.

Wellogic and its partners Apollo Health Street and Initiate Systems will provide software as a service (SaaS)-based clinical solutions and services to the Southern Arizona Health Information Exchange (SAHIE)'s 40-plus member organizations.

Radiologist assistants in Virginia who have met the requirements of the state's board of medicine for licensure will be licensed as advanced-level radiologic technologists, as of July 1.