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Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology (F&S) announces that it has added five new imaging centers and one orthopedic practice to its expanding national client base. Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology (F&S) has announced that it has added five new imaging centers and one orthopedic practice to its expanding national client base. In addition, F&S has been engaged to provide additional services to several existing clients. Each client has contracted with F&S to provide subspecialty radiology interpretations as its sole provider for all radiology interpretations, or in some cases, as a complement to its existing radiology staff.

F&S additional clients include:

• Arlington Orthopedic Associates, PA, Arlington, TX – orthopedic group with 18 physicians and three MR magnets will utilize F&S for MRI interpretations.
  
• Independent MRI Center, Farmington, NM – imaging center will use F&S for MRI interpretations.
  
• Lighthouse Diagnostic Imaging, Lone Tree, CO – imaging center will utilize F&S to provide neuroradiological interpretations as a complement to existing staff.
  
• MRI Associates of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY – radiology group will utilize F&S for MRI interpretations.
  
• Physicians Imaging, LLC, Key West, FL – multi-modality imaging center chain will utilize F&S for all interpretations.
  
• TMI MRI Associates Toledo, Sylvania, OH – imaging center will utilize F&S to provide radiology interpretations as a complement to existing staff.

Expanded client services:

• Trinity Diagnostic Imaging Group, Chicago, IL – an imaging company who currently utilizes F&S in Las Vegas, Nevada at Advantage Diagnostic Imaging Center has added two more of its imaging centers: Buffalo Grove Diagnostic Imaging Center, Buffalo Grove, IL and Westchester Diagnostic Imaging Center, Westchester, IL.
  
• Desert Stand-Up MRI, La Quinta, CA – imaging center will utilize F&S for MRI interpretations. F&S supports its sister company Boise Upright MRI in Meridian, ID.
  
• Radiology Consultants, Moscow, ID – radiology group will utilize F&S to provide interpretation services for two more of its clients: Clearwater Valley Hospital, Orofino, ID and St. Mary’s Hospital and Clinic, Cottonwood, ID, in addition to Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, Colfax, WA and Gritman Medical Center, Moscow, ID.

Imaging facilities and physician practices around the country are seeking subspecialty
teleradiology services as a cost-effective strategy to access a comprehensive network of subspecialty radiologists on a full-time or as-needed basis. Subspecialty expertise helps improve referring physician satisfaction by offering clinically specific, detailed, and directive reports and consultations that meet referring physicians’ needs.

Additional benefits include increased referrals and revenue, competitive advantage, and optimized radiology staffing costs and reduced administration time.

F&S reported that its clients increased their annual volumes serviced by F&S on average by 16 per cent from 2005 to 2006, a faster growth rate than the industry as a whole. (Overall exam volume growth of 11 per cent was projected for diagnostic imaging centers as reported in the 2006 Diagnostic Imaging Industry Strategic Outlook, Market Trends and Analysis by Washington G-2 Reports & Diagnostic Imaging Intelligence Report).