The Institute of Medicine’s 2015 report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care revealed the persistence of diagnostic errors in all settings of healthcare that continued to harm an unacceptable number of patients. Numerous factors contribute to hindering the diagnostic process, such as workflow limitations, poor implementation of technology, the medical liability system, current reimbursement models and organizational culture. Nonetheless, the authors conclude that improving the diagnostic process is “not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional and public health imperative.”

When it comes to achieving price transparency for patients who are intent on minimizing out-of-pocket pain for medical services, radiology practices face a stark choice: Innovate or perish.

The diagnostic radiology job market continues to trend upward after a promising hike in the 2016-2017 academic year. The increasing number of clinical positions could be driving a culture of competition among young physicians, according to a report published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology this month.

With few exceptions, the most attention-demanding discussions about how and when artificial intelligence will transform radiology have been led by—and largely held within—the academic sector. That’s not surprising, given that teaching radiologists are the ones doing the research, blazing the trails and comparing the notes.

Patients who undergo breast reconstruction using abdominal tissue have no increased risk of breast cancer recurrence, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Surgery.

Seven years after the FDA approved the first tomosynthesis device for breast cancer screening, adoption rates for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) remain on an upswing. Earlier this year the agency reported a nearly 30 percent increase of certified mammography facilities offering DBT—aka “3D mammography,” aka “tomo”—over just the past year (from 3,178 facilities in March 2017 to 4,074 in March 2018).

Low-risk breast cancer patients who opt for accelerated partial breast irradiation—a one-week alternative to traditional whole-breast radiotherapy—see the same quality of life as women who undergo conventional treatment, researchers reported at this year’s European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) Congress.

Hospitals should show more compassion in the way they bill low-income patients, according to a new column from David Levin, MD, of the department of radiology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

While three-dimensional printing has been used in various industries for more than three decades, it took medicine just three or so years to catapult the technology into the popular imagination. Among burgeoning areas of healthcare innovation, probably AI alone has made more headlines in that short a span. And life-size models of individual patients’ organs, which allow surgeons to carefully plan complex procedures and consult with patients and families, are just the start.

The average annual salary for radiologists is $401,000 per year, according to Medscape’s Physician Compensation Report 2018. But how does that compare to other specialties?