Alliance chooses new president/COO
Jamie Hopping has joined Alliance Imaging as president and COO. Hopping replaces Vincent Pino, who will remain as an advisor with Alliance Imaging for two years. As an executive healthcare consultant, Hopping advised several national clients on strategic
Jamie Hopping has joined Alliance Imaging as president and COO. Hopping replaces Vincent Pino, who will remain as an advisor with Alliance Imaging for two years. As an executive healthcare consultant, Hopping advised several national clients on strategic growth opportunities. While at Columbia/HCA Healthcare, she served as president of the Western group, where she was responsible for 60 hospitals in 13 states. Alliance provides imaging equipment, staff, and management services to more than 1200 medical facilities nationwide.
Strategies to Reduce Disparities in Interventional Radiology Care
March 19th 2025In order to help address the geographic, racial, and socioeconomic barriers that limit patient access to interventional radiology (IR) care, these authors recommend a variety of measures ranging from increased patient and physician awareness of IR to mobile IR clinics and improved understanding of social determinants of health.
The Reading Room Podcast: Current Perspectives on the Updated Appropriate Use Criteria for Brain PET
March 18th 2025In a new podcast, Satoshi Minoshima, M.D., Ph.D., and James Williams, Ph.D., share their insights on the recently updated appropriate use criteria for amyloid PET and tau PET in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
Study: Monitoring of Prostate MRI Exams Could Lead to 75 Percent Reduction of Gadolinium Contrast
March 17th 2025While DCE MRI was deemed helpful in over 67 percent of cases in which it was used, researchers found that monitored prostate MRI exams, which facilitated a 75 percent reduction of DCE MRI sequences, had comparable sensitivity for prostate cancer as non-monitored exams.
