Jay R. Parikh, MD, and Frank Lexa, MD, MBA, offered their insights in a new pre-proof opinion piece published in JACR.  

The results are from the latest American College of Radiology/Radiology Business Management Association Workforce Survey, published in JACR. 

Program directors have seen year-over-year upticks in students studying radiography, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine, according to ASRT. 

UCLA's Dieter R. Enzmann, MD, detailed his thesis in a perspective piece published in Academic Radiology. 

Michael Bruno, MD, vice chair for quality and patient safety at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, discusses two hot topics at RSNA 2023. 

"If you’re not teaching, you’re not mentoring, then you’re putting us in the position of training the last generation of radiologists," Frank Lexa, MD, MBA, told attendees. 

“Rural healthcare delivery is in trouble and private equity may have a role in supporting it," a Rad Partners leader told attendees. 

Both sides recently held a bargaining session, with Kaiser labeling the union’s request as “frankly, not reasonable." 

Researchers with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center believe their study provides important information for institutions seeking to address physician burnout. 

“As radiology strives to lessen staff call burden, generalist triage can sustain clinical service levels and reduce at-home call burnout,” experts wrote in JACR. 

UPDATED: Numerous studies have explored artificial intelligence's use in imaging, but researchers rarely take radiology’s complex work environment into account, experts noted.

Anecdotal reports indicate that radiologists are struggling to keep up with rising demand, but researchers sought to better quantify this crisis.