Acquisition would combine Everlight with vRad in global teleradiology
Radiology Partners has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Everlight Radiology, with the deal announced on 25 August 2026.
The acquisition would combine Everlight’s international teleradiology network with RP Clinical Services’ vRad unit. Radiology Partners describes vRad as the largest teleradiology platform in the United States.
Everlight serves hospitals, health systems and imaging centres across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. As a result, the combined group aims to extend 24/7/365 subspecialty coverage across those markets.
The transaction still needs customary regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed, and Radiology Partners did not give a closing date.
After completion, each organisation is expected to keep serving its current markets and clients. Radiologists will continue reading studies only where they are licensed and credentialed.
The two businesses also plan to share technology and clinical standards. According to Radiology Partners, that would let clients in each market use tools and quality standards already used across the combined business.
Scan demand outpaces radiologist supply
Radiology Partners tied the deal to shortages in radiology workforces across several countries. In the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Radiologists reported CT and MRI demand rose 9% in 2024-25, while the radiologist workforce grew 4.7%.
That gap has contributed to a shortfall of thousands of radiologists in the UK. Meanwhile, in Australia, government figures show Medicare diagnostic imaging services rose by about 40% over the past decade.
Advanced imaging in Australia grew at almost twice the rate of radiologist workforce supply, the company said. Similar gaps affect health systems across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Those shortages are felt most at night, on weekends and on holidays, because urgent studies still need reports when local coverage is thinnest. Teleradiology is one way health systems try to close those gaps.
It can spread workloads across locations, match subspecialists to cases and standardise technology. The company also said artificial intelligence tools can help extend local capacity where supply is limited.
Both companies have invested in technology for years. Everlight has built systems through its in-house technology team and clinical AI partnerships, while vRad has developed clinical AI models since 2015.
Everlight clients are expected to keep their existing day-to-day relationships, contacts and clinical workflows after the transaction. The company also expects Everlight’s current management team to remain in place.
Rich Whitney, chairman and chief executive officer of Radiology Partners, said: “Together, we can bring the best of what each has built to a growing number of patients and hospitals, delivering more advanced technology, deeper subspecialty support and higher standards of care in every market in which we operate.”
Rob Anderson, Everlight Radiology’s global chief executive officer, said clients would keep “the same teams, the same standards and the same commitment to reporting every study quickly and accurately”.
