On top of the shifting climate of healthcare delivery, radiologists have remained some of the least involved providers in the transition to accountable care organizations (ACOs), a move that could pose important risks to radiologists and the specialty as a whole, argued the authors of a May 2 article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Toshiba Medical Systems and Vital Images have signed a definitive agreement for Toshiba to purchase Vital Images stock for a total of $273 million, putting the cap on a decade-long partnership between the two companies. *

Toshiba America Medical Systems has named Donald L. Fowler as the companys new general manager and senior vice president, putting him in charge of sales, marketing and finance.

The implementation of a clinical decision rule for pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) may improve diagnosis of pulmonary emboli (PE), with one hospital significantly increasing the likelihood that a patient referred for CTA would have an embolism, according to a study published in the May issue of  American Journal of Roentgenology.

In stroke care, the mantra is time is brain. Similarly, time is of the essence in x-ray imaging. The more time spent waiting for an x-ray image, the more chance there is for a bottleneck in patient flow, which can lead to revenue loss, patient dissatisfaction, longer report turn-around times and suboptimal images. The latest generation of wireless digital radiography (DR) technology provides the efficiency, flexibility and clinical applications radiology departments need.

Saint Barnabas Health Care System in New Jersey has chosen to replace its PACS with McKessons Horizon Medical Imaging in an initiative to integrate systems across departments.

CHICAGOIt takes collaboration and ease of usebut not monolithic systemsto implement effective mobile health, according to Andrew Barbash, MD, medical director of neuroscience and virtual care services at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md.

Siemens Healthcare is unveiling its first mobile digital x-ray system with a wireless detector at UKRC 2011 in Manchester, England.