A mammography facility in Georgia had its mammography acceditation revoked by the  American College of Radiology (ACR) following an investigation that showed major quality issues. 

Kom Networks, creator of Secure Storage Solutions for compliant data protection and retention, will partner with RamSoft Inc., a developer of RIS, PACS and Teleradiology solutions. The companies will offer a DICOM compliant secure storage solution for diagnostic imaging. The solution, also known as diKOMpliance Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA), will provide a scalable and WORM secure VNA to meet image related interoperability, meaningful use and ACO requirements. 

MD Buyline’s Market Intelligence Briefing recognized Carestream’s DRX Systems for the fourth quarter of 2013. Carestream’s wireless DRX detectors are “the core products that live in portable, fixed and standalone X-ray units in a retrofit capacity or integrated with new systems,” according to the report. 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released findings on a number of its initiatives to reform the healthcare delivery system. These include interim financial results for select Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) initiatives, an in-depth savings analysis for Pioneer ACOs, results from the physician group practice demonstration, and expanded participation in the bundled payments for care improvement initiative. Savings from both the Medicare ACOs and Pioneer ACOs exceed $380 million.

The Integrated Department of Diagnostic Services at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) deployed a real-time radiology peer review and quality assurance platform. Four hospitals went live Oct. 7, 2013 with the cross-institutional, cross-system, prospective peer review platform. The software platform can help physicians correct mistakes before a patient's diagnostic report is finalized.

Oceania Oncology implemented Elekta’s Monaco 5 treatment planning system. Radiation therapy staff at Oceania's clinics in Maroochydore and Bundaberg began training on Monaco 5 in December 2013 and anticipated clinical use to begin in January 2014.

Advanced Radiology Ltd. (ARL) implemented a teleradiology platform by eRAD, subsidiary of RadNet Inc., as part of its growth strategy.

The Academy of Radiology Research thanked Congress for passing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. This legislation partially repealed sequestration cuts, and may contribute to reversal of cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Varian Medical Systems and the Algerian Ministry of Health (MOH) will provision six cancer treatment centers with $51 million of advanced technology for radiotherapy and radiosurgery. Varian will also establish a local regional training and education center.

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