Healthcare Economics & Policy

Ziehm Imaging gets $135M contract to provide radiology systems to DoD
Germany-based Ziehm Imaging, which has U.S. operations in Orlando, was awarded a $135 million…
US Radiology Specialists announces partnership to develop 24-hr teleradiology services
More than 65 physicians and staff at Denver-based Diversified Radiology will join US Radiology…
Radiology fraud lawsuit settled out of court after 3-year battle
Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman, Montana, settled a three-year-old federal lawsuit…
3 researchers receive $40K grants from Canon Medical Systems USA, RSNA
Three researchers—Pedram Heidari, MD, Prashant Nagpal, MD and Adam Singer, MD—have been awarded…
University of Missouri reactor is first domestic supplier of I-131 in 30 years
The University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) in Columbia has announced it is the first…
Researcher awarded $40K to study how PET/MRI imaging could improve care for sarcoma patients
David Shultz, MD, PhD, of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has been…
AI developer Visla Labs announces $3M in funding to grow business
Visla Labs, a San Francisco, California-based startup focused on the use of artificial intelligence…
Radiologist receives $40K grant to study how imaging could improve atherosclerosis care
Sina Tavakoli, MD, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh, has received the 2018 Strategic Radiology/…
Misread CT scan at the center of $10M lawsuit against U.S. government
Richard Stayskal, a Green Beret from North Carolina and Purple Heart recipient, sued the federal…
Canadian Association of Radiologists asks government to invest $625M in imaging equipment
The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) has asked the federal government to invest CAD $625…
Some nonradiologists receive a high percentage of Medicare payments for performing imaging exams
Nonradiologists are performing more diagnostic and interventional imaging examinations now than…
NIH announces $220M in funding for BRAIN initiative
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced new funding totaling more than $220 million for…
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