November 2024

Today's radiologist workforce will spend nearly $984M on certification
ACR, American Hospital Association urge Congress to create path for foreign-born docs to relieve shortages
Radiology IT firm Sirona Medical raises $42M in Series C financing
Growing number of US senators support bill to address radiologist pay cut
‘Persistent’ low utilization of key interventional service raises radiologist concern
Siemens Healthineers inks 10-year, $105M imaging value partnership with large medical center
FDA clears Philips’ Radiology Operations Command Center for remote scanning
Say hello to AI-powered preventive heart care
Frequent AI use may increase radiologists’ risk of burnout
3 radiology tech companies make Deloitte’s ‘Fast 500’ with revenue growth of 770% or more
CMS approves new MRI standards related to remote scanning
Radiology group cancels hospital-based business to focus on outpatient center growth
RadNet has spent over $54M on acquisitions so far in 2024
Radiology provider Akumin breaks long radio silence after emerging from bankruptcy
Radiology Business Announces Forty Under 40 Class of 2024
Doc offices more than double use of nonphysicians for interpreting medical images
Radiopharmaceutical firm Telix investing up to $171M to acquire portfolio of imaging agents
Startup aiming to automate 90% of imaging workflows, creating an ‘AI radiology resident,’ raises $23M
Orano Med breaks ground on $265M thorium production site
Radiologists are more accurate, confident when they know the full story
Radiology at a crossroads: Hopes and concerns for a second Trump administration
Patients frequently fail to obtain follow-up imaging. Could radiologist-referrer disagreements be to blame?
3 modifiable factors that make radiology reports easier for patients to understand
Massachusetts governor signs bill to expand coverage for breast imaging services
ACR, top health systems form collaborative to help radiologists assess AI solutions
Hospitals pilot policies to test older radiologists’ mental and physical fitness
Radiology vendor Agfa to cut nearly $53M in costs as medical film business dwindles
Seno Medical Receives Innovative Technology Contract from Vizient For its Imagio Breast Imaging System
Konica Minolta Healthcare Launches Exa Enterprise, a Cloud-Based Image Management Solution Designed for Hospitals and Imaging Centers
Renewed optimism that radiologist-supported bill to ease prior authorization could pass by year’s end
Academic radiologists earn less than peers in the specialty, but the gap is closing
Radiology AI firm Mediaire raises nearly $12.7M in financing
How Konica Minolta’s next generation, cloud-based enterprise imaging is powering one practice’s growth
AMA delegates voice concern about radiologists' exposure to ionizing radiation
Does placing a patient’s photograph in the EHR influence radiologist behavior?
33-year-old radiologist father of 4 dies while hiking
Radiologists and other physicians want greater scrutiny around hospitals’ nonprofit status
RadNet stock surges 20% to all-time high following news of GE HealthCare partnership
Lantheus expects sales of ‘blockbuster’ cancer imaging agent to surpass $1B in 2024
RadNet’s PET/CT volume jumps 17%, with imaging backlogs in many of its markets
Most referrer requests for imaging are inadequate, new scoring system shows
7 facts about RSNA 2024, which is less than 1 month away
American College of Radiology wants members to mobilize after the election
Patient suffers traumatic brain injury after radiologist misreads CT scan, lawsuit claims
Outsourced radiology reports less thorough than in-house ones, researchers claim
Effort to stop primary care providers from ordering low-value imaging hits brick wall
Bracco invests nearly $86M to more than triple production of key imaging agent
Radiology providers cut costs, increase revenues with new data standardization approach
Appeals court overrules radiologists’ previous win in No Surprises Act fight
Next-generation VR headsets could improve ergonomics, radiologist reading experience
Radiology provider Envision Healthcare shakes up C-suite
Radiologists and other physicians question medicine’s ‘workaholic culture’
Medicare to boost payment for certain diagnostic imaging agents
Radiology AI vendor Volpara Health inks $7M Department of Defense contract
Medicare to more than double reimbursement for CCTA, likely spurring greater demand
Generic Contrast Agents – Now You Have a Choice
Radiologist dodges $2M malpractice verdict that jury pins on negligent surgeon
Average rad tech salaries rise over 12% in 2 years, up to $86,484
Medicare issues final 2025 physician fee schedule with 2.83% conversion factor cut
A Physician, a Patient and a Technology Whose Time Is Now
Real World Use of OA Imaging Confirms Clinical Acceptability of Second Generation Imagio Breast Imaging System
Radiologist seeks $8M in lawsuit alleging retaliation after he blew whistle against peers
Imaging center stops answering phones after hospital acquisition, patients complain
GE HealthCare Foundation donates $3M to establish professorship honoring noted radiologist