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Extreme RIS: Breaking Down Communication Barriers

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Pam Elias RTR, CNMT Imaging Services Manager Redington-Fairview General Hospital

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August 31, 2010

Alliance Buys Controlling Interest in Radiology 24/7

Alliance HealthCare Services, which operates 120 fixed-site imaging centers and provides mobile advanced diagnostic imaging services to over 1,000 hospital customers across the US, recently purchased a controlling interest in teleradiology services provider Radiology 24/7. The company provides subspecialty final reads across all modalities to clients in 16 states.

“We’ve been in discussions about this for nearly a year,” explains Sonny Patidar, MD, founder and president of Radiology 24/7. “On a cultural level, there was a very strong synergy between the two organizations, and we saw the opportunity to build something very sustainable and strong together.”

September 03, 2010

Insightec’s ExAblate Treats First Prostate Cancer Patients

FDA Clears InfraReDx LipiScan Imaging System

ROSA Teams with Wash U on QA Initiative

Radiology Associates Chooses eRad Teleradiology

McKesson Lands Association of Alexandria Radiologists

NightHawk Achieves High Marks from Customers

A-Life Medical Debuts on Inc. 500/5000 List

Toshiba Installs Thousandth Vantage MR

Philips Introduces CX50 POC Ultrasound

Varian Announces $225 Million Stock Repurchase

Acuo Adds Two Sales Execs

RIS-driven PACS Shows High Potential in Europe: Report

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August 26, 2010

S&D and vRad Form New York Radiology Alliance

On August 23, Virtual Radiologic (vRad), Eden Prairie, Minn, and S&D Medical, a 60-person radiology practice based in Bedford, NY, announced the launch of a new strategic alliance. Merging S&D with a vRad-affiliated medical practice, the partnership will form a new group called the New York Radiology Alliance, which will serve the New York City and New Jersey metropolitan area. The merger is set to take effect on October 1, 2010.

“As the competition in radiology becomes greater, the resources that are needed will become greater as well,” says Kenneth Schwartz, MD, managing partner of S&D Medical. “We felt that partnering with vRad would give us the additional resources we would need to continue to expand and provide the services we’d like to.”

August 15, 2010

Survey Reports Job Vacancies for Radiologic Technologists Continue to Decline

Radiologic technologist vacancy rates at radiology facilities across the United States continue to decline across all disciplines, according to data collected in the annual Radiology Staffing Survey from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists. The survey included questions regarding the staffing at each facility, demographics, recruitment initiatives, and retention rates of employees in each facility’‘s respective radiology department.

Overall radiologic technologist vacancy rates declined from an average of 10.3% unfilled FTE positions reported in 2003 to 2.1% in 2010. Cardiovascular interventional (CVIT) has shown the most significant change, declining from a 14.6% vacancy rate in 2003 to 3.5% in 2010. The discipline with the highest vacancy rate is sonography, currently with an average 4.6% vacancy rate. Vacancy rates for other disciplines include 3.4% for MR, 2.6% for CT, 2.1% for nuclear medicine technologists and radiography, and 1.8% for mammography technologists.

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