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As news broke of the first GE Healthcare business unit to be sold, some may have been underwhelmed both by the scale and symbolism of this deal. However, this first announcement does provide some useful indicators for what to expect from the future of GE Healthcare with John Flannery at the helm

Healthcare IT is becoming increasingly complex. To keep up with current and future requirements, advanced visualization (AV) vendors are organizing themselves into two different categories, each specializing to try and stay ahead of competition.

It's clear that artificial intelligence is continuing to stake territory in radiology, and professionals are looking to incorporate the technology in helping them deliver care.

It is already becoming clear that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a big part to play in the future of medical imaging. However, less clear is the impact of AI on the commercial market for medical imaging hardware. If we take the case of CT, a multibillion-euro hardware and services market, will AI drive greater demand for systems or less?

The European Society of Radiology's (ESR) annual meeting‚ the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2018‚ wrapped up on March 4th in Vienna. Signify Research, a healthcare consulting company published its takeaways in a March 12 report from Steve Holloway, principal analyst at the company.

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies had a significant presence at the European Society of Radiology's annual meeting, the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2018. According to a new report published by Signify Research, however, the buzz wasn't as strong as it was at RSNA 2017 in Chicago.

The 50th anniversary of MRI for clinical use will occur in the next decade. Over this time, MRI has remained at the pinnacle of diagnostic imaging, with untold influence over many advances in diagnostic radiology. Yet as we enter an increasingly digital era of medicine, what role will MRI play? Below, we explore some of the future developments and speculate about their influence on MRI and radiology in general.

Keep aware of the need to protect imaging equipment from cyber risks that pose a threat to the safety of patients and institutions, urged Prof. Jacob Sosna, president of the Israeli Radiology Association. There is a terrifying possibility that a cyber attacker could alter the radiation dose given to a patient during a CT scan, and an attack on the hospital's airconditioning may shut down and damage CT and MRI machines that function within a narrow temperature range, he warned ahead of today's session on cyber security.

Virtual reality is by no means a new technology, but recent technological developments have given it new life, enabling it to spread from gaming and consumer markets into industries such as manufacturing, construction, and healthcare. However, how hard will the move into healthcare be? How can we use virtual reality in healthcare, and what are the challenges for adoption?

Signify Research's Alex Green covers the market shift towards a ‚"platform-centric‚" approach to telehealth in the whitepaper, ‚"The Rise of Enterprise-scale, Platform-centric Telehealth.‚" The paper summarizes SnapMD's full-stack enterprise telehealth via the Virtual Care Management (VCM) Platform.

The global ultrasound market is poised for a strong 2018 due in part to the expanded use of the imaging modality across medical specialties, along with projected growth in most major markets.

Philips announced on December 8th that it had acquired Dutch population health management (PHM) and eHealth platform providerVitalHealth software.