When Prime Healthcare took ownership of eight Ascension hospitals in Illinois on March 1, 2025, the radiology group reading their studies was already disbanding. Prime had less than two weeks to shore up coverage across four PACS, two electronic health record systems and sites more than 100 miles apart, while inheriting a backlog of more than 3,000 unread studies. They chose and piloted a totally new virtual model called RadPod—and cleared up the backlog in weekend. Now they have radiologists and interventionalists at the sites they need and access to 1,000 always-on, multi-specialty radiologists across the U.S. And radiologists across the U.S. can join RadPod full or part time, getting paid in real-time.
Some 18 months later, Prime’s regional chief medical officer, director of breast imaging and the CEO of its radiology partner explain how the transition worked and where it strained. They cover the economics of a pay-per-read model, how this AI-native solution blends onsite and teleradiology, how radiologists and referrers can easily confer and communicate and the automated guardrails that keep speed from eroding report quality. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of why this new model is the future of radiology.
This webinar is sponsored by CIVIE.
We’ll cover how to:
- Understand how RadPod, powered by CIVIE, brings together technology, AI, partnership and collaboration to create a more modern radiology department for radiologists, admins and operations and healthcare systems.
- Apply practical methods for keeping remote radiologists connected to referring physicians, including virtual reading rooms and radiologist participation in medical executive committees and tumor boards.
- Anticipate resistance from displaced radiologists and referring physicians during a coverage transition, and define the role clinical leadership plays in earning their trust.
- Establish post-go-live measures of a radiology partner’s performance, including turnaround time, modality-specific quality review, radiologist accessibility and responsiveness to clinician requests.
Expert Panel:
 Sunil Patel, MD, MBA, |  Deepa Sheth, MD, |  Dhruv Chopra, |