“With this signal about the public’s preference for notification, the question for health systems and policymakers is not whether to notify patients but when and how.” 

Kit Crancer, RBMA board member, speaks with Radiology Business about key legislative developments on the Hill that will affect the specialty. 

Penn Medicine handled roughly 270,000 radiology exams in its EDs last year, representing a 4.5-fold increase over a decade and necessitating workflow changes.  

The technologist guides patients through procedure-specific VR games designed to ease anxiety and discomfort during their treatment.

Despite some assumptions that telehealth visits increase the unnecessary utilization of diagnostic services, new data suggest the opposite may be true. 

Between 2004 to 2021, the biggest annual percentage increase in incidence of metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis was among women ages 20-39 (up 2.9%). 

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

Experts hope their findings will encourage IR practices and hospital departments to pursue greater adoption of genicular artery embolization.