"These cuts ignore the burden that rising practice costs are placing on ... radiology practices and our healthcare system," one imaging society told Radiology Business. 

SIR and several other prominent medical societies are advocating for an overhaul of what they see as outdated radiation protection practices. 

Marit Health compiled the rankings based on 5,000 job listings, separating its lists based on practice settings including academia, hospital systems, medical groups and remote reading. 

A new paper published in RSNA’s flagship journal details how experts were able to successfully capture radiographs using an off-the-shelf portable scanner. 

ASTRO convened the conversation with the House Cancer Caucus on July 14, voicing mounting concerns over coding changes that took effect Jan. 1. 

Wasteful tests and treatments, such as imaging for an uncomplicated headache, continue to plague the U.S. healthcare system, experts note. 

There has been increased interest in finding alternative methods to diagnose pulmonary embolism in this patient population. 

Leaders of academic hospitals and deans of their affiliated medical schools often rely heavily on each other, and theirs is not a relationship of convenience. 

Researchers pointed to the many benefits of cardiology conferences and emphasized that they do not think these events are directly leading to patient deaths. However, they wrote, "increased attention on staffing during meetings is warranted."