Consolidation of image interpretation assistance into one package can minimize costs and open the market to radiology providers who cannot afford current offerings, scientists write in Radiology.  

IRs can play a key role in kidney care using a novel, nonsurgical approach that deploys catheters and imaging guidance to create a fistula in the arm for dialysis access. 

Robert C. O’Laughlin, MD, and attorneys first took Radiation Therapy Services and its physicians to court in late 2016, citing qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. 

Even before the onset of COVID-19, data suggested that rads’ after-hours workloads had doubled in proportion to the increase in emergency department visits in the years leading up to 2020.

Many Mayo Clinic patients in rural Minnesota may need to travel or rely on telehealth, as six locations are closing for good before the end of the year. 

The Utah Department of Workforce Services warns that 177 people at Revere Health are expected to lose their jobs by Nov. 3. The health system said automation upgrades are necessary to stay competitive. 

Using an advanced MRI technique, experts were able to measure tissue susceptibility and detect subtle variances in iron levels throughout different regions of the brain associated with memory.

The system enables surgeons to intraoperatively illuminate cancerous tissue in the breast cavity during lumpectomy surgery.

The federal payment program first proposed this 2.5%, across-the-board cut for physician services in July, exempting most time-based healthcare offerings. 

The findings come amid reports of a “major” workforce shortage in pediatric radiology, driven by decreased trainee interest in related fellowships, rising clinical volumes and a competitive job market. 

“It is no good putting in such long, intense hours that you cannot have a life. It is literally killing people, and it almost killed me,” one anonymous rad says.