Luna Companies Selects The vRad Platform to Launch and Scale Radiology Services for Underserved Communities

The fully integrated, AI-enabled technology and support platform gives Luna a proven foundation for extending diagnostic imaging to the rural, tribal, and veteran health communities it serves.

JUPITER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luna Companies, a national healthcare workforce firm serving rural hospitals, tribal health communities, and VA systems, has selected Virtual Radiologic (vRad) to implement The vRad Platform as the technology foundation for its new nationwide radiology staffing and services program. The agreement gives Luna an established, AI-enabled reading and reporting environment to launch the program and support its growth, rather than trying new, untested software or assembling a patchwork of disparate technologies.

Luna Companies specializes in staffing for healthcare organizations that sit outside the reach of traditional provider networks—facilities where a staffing gap can mean a community loses access to a service entirely. Radiology is among the services those organizations are least able to staff on their own. Extending Luna’s model into diagnostic imaging required a reading environment, reporting workflow, and around-the-clock support structure capable of serving dispersed sites from day one.

“The communities we serve are often told that a service simply isn’t available to them,” said Shawn Dargusch, Chief Executive Officer of Luna Companies. “Radiology is one of the clearest examples. A patient in a rural or tribal community should not wait longer for a critical read because of their zip code. Luna is launching our new radiology program specifically to close that gap, and we were not willing to do it on untested infrastructure.”

The vRad Platform has been refined through more than two decades of real-world use inside vRad’s own practice, supporting hundreds of radiologists interpreting millions of studies each year. It combines a high-performance reading environment with native AI capabilities including voice recognition, automatic report formatting, and worklist prioritization for potentially critical findings, alongside 24/7 clinical and technical support through vRad’s Operations Center. The fully integrated system is SOC 2 Type II certified for Security and Availability.

“Quality in radiology comes down to two things: the right radiologist, and the right tools,” said Dr. J.P. Dym, Head of Quality/Medical Advisor for Luna Companies. “With The vRad Platform, Luna radiologists have the reading environment they need to deliver the same standard of care in a rural or tribal hospital as in a major medical center.”

“We looked at the options and the vRad Platform was our first choice,” said Raul Ruiz, Chief Transformation Officer at Luna Companies. “It’s proven at scale; it provides our radiologists and our client facilities a reading, reporting and support environment that works from day one. This positions Luna to focus on what we do best: getting the right radiologists to the communities that need them.”

Luna is taking on the part of the market that is hardest to serve, and doing it deliberately,” said Dr. Benjamin Strong, Chief Medical Officer at vRad. “The vRad Platform was built for exactly this problem—radiologists reading across dispersed facilities on the same platform for optimum efficiency and scalability. We’re glad to see it put to work expanding access to these underserved areas.”

Implementation is underway, with the first sites expected to go live in Q1 2027.

About Luna Companies

Luna Companies is a national healthcare workforce firm headquartered in Jupiter, Fla., providing short- and long-term physician, APP staffing, permanent search, and managed workforce solutions. Luna serves rural facilities, tribal health communities, VA systems, all trauma level hospitals nationwide, bringing structure, stability and long-term thinking to the communities it serves. We’re building a brighter future, today. www.chooseluna.com

About vRad

vRad (Virtual Radiologic) is the nation’s leading teleradiology practice with 500+ U.S. board-certified or eligible physicians, the majority of whom are subspecialty trained. Our practice is accredited as a telemedicine provider by The Joint Commission and delivers high-quality diagnostic imaging services to 1,600 facilities and radiology groups across the United States. vRad has 25 issued patents for telemedicine and radiology technologies; and is a leading innovator in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, imaging data analytics, and software to improve the quality of patient care, value for our clients, and the experience of our physicians. www.vrad.com