3 key takeaways from a survey on diversity, fair treatment in radiology | Educating residents with escape rooms

Historically, radiology has been unable to recruit women and underrepresented minorities (URMs) as well as other healthcare specialties. Why is this the case? How can that trend be reversed?

Escape rooms have gained popularity in recent years, putting participants in a “locked” environment and seeing if they have the creativity to find their way out. Could such an experience benefit radiology residents?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is exploring the possibility that numerous healthcare vendors, including Siemens AG, Philips NV and General Electric, may have used “local middlemen” to bribe the Chinese government and certain hospital officials, according to new reporting from Reuters. 

Volpara Health Technologies, the parent company of Volpara Solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Seattle-based MRS Systems, Inc.

The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) has published a new chapter on the minimum standards required to prepare, compound, dispense and repackage both sterile and non-sterile radiopharmaceuticals associated with state-licensed activities.

New legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate would allow radiologists to submit Medicare claims for imaging services performed by radiologist assistants (RAs) in hospitals and non-imaging services performed in the hospital or an office setting.

Severe side effects are less likely for patients receiving proton therapy than those receiving traditional x-ray radiation therapy, according to research to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Radiologists are often part of multispecialty groups that participate in a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO. As a result, many radiologists are in these ACOs often without even realizing it.