PITTSBURGH, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) announced today that they have signed a contract with R.J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital, Stuart, VA, through which FRG will become their exclusive provider of diagnostic imaging services effective August 1, 2008.
R.J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed critical access and 25-bed skilled nursing facility. They offer a wide range of health care services, including 24-hr emergency service, acute care, hospice care, occupational health services and a radiology department with advanced diagnostic testing procedures.
Janice Wilkins, chief executive officer of R.J. Reynolds said, “This is service the hospital needs in order to provide quality healthcare for the patients in our community. We’re proud to partner with FRG.”
FRG’s board certified radiologists are available 24/7/365 to provide readings in muscularskeletal radiology, neuroradiology, mammography, cardiac CT, interventional radiology, pediatric radiology, brain perfusion, vascular ultrasound, OB/GYN ultrasound and general radiology. With this broad range of capabilities, FRG is ideally positioned to provide subspecialty radiological services to smaller hospitals and outpatient centers that can’t afford to keep subspecialists on staff.
Brandon W. Chan, M.D., FRG’s chief executive officer, said, “We are pleased to have R.J. Reynolds join our expanding family of clients. We will provide their patients the best service levels and subspecialty physician expertise available in the industry, via our Pittsburgh-based teleradiology network. Our unique capabilities allow us to cost-effectively provide professional, world-class diagnostic imaging services to the Southwest Virginia patients and physicians.”
About Foundation Radiology
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Foundation Radiology Group’s mission is to build the pre-eminent diagnostic imaging, radiology service bureau and physician practice group network in the United States. FRG uses state-of-the-art PACS technology, a unique, efficient workflow system, a carrier-grade telecommunications infrastructure and the internet to provide the fastest turnaround times in the industry for diagnostic imaging reads. FRG is focused on serving non-university affiliated health care institutions, with emphasis on serving the rural and suburban hospital segment. It seeks multi-year exclusive contracts for daytime and 24/7/365 radiology full service bureaus. The group’s administrative office, data processing and reading center is located at Three Gateway Center, in downtown Pittsburgh, where board-certified radiologists are available 24 hours a day. For more information, please visit http://www.frg-rad.com.
CONTACT: Tim Pisula, Chief Operating Officer of Foundation Radiology
Group, +1-412-223-2272, tpisula@frg-rad.com
Web site: http://www.frg-rad.com/
