Dec. 3—California Medical Business Services of Arcadia, Calif.,has licensed the electronic billing center and RIS software from ZotecPartners.

Radiologists have come a long way from cramped offices tucked away in ahospital basement. Newer facilities appreciate the need for productiveworkspace that allows for individuality and effective consultationswith other physicians, patients and families. From furniture tomonitors to the environment itself, many reading rooms are nowstate-of-the-art.

Predicting the future is enticing—if only we could look inside acrystal ball and see what the future has in store. While a crystal ballcan’t truly offer a future glimpse, a lot of people spend a lot of timelooking forward and creating the technology vision of tomorrow. Asyou’ll see in this month’s cover story, we’ve gathered the thoughts ofleaders on their vision for 2012.

The new Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, England, has selected Varian Medical Systems to install radiotherapy equipment.

The Evangelische Lungenklinik (ELK) Berlin Chest Hospital hasincorporated the Lesion Management Solutions (LMS)-Lung applicationfrom Median Technologies into clinical routine for cancerous patientsor those diagnosed with suspicious lung lesions.

Midland Pathologists and DX of Midland, Texas, have selected ZotecPartners, a provider of medical billing services and licensed software,as their billing services provider.

Trinity Medical Center has chosen Optio Healthcare for formsautomation, patient signature capture and electronic health recordsolutions, including Optio Deficiency Management.

Fonar has sold three more of its Upright Multi-Position MRI, which thecompany said bring the total number units sold in the U.S. and Europeto 164.