With an average $190,000 owed after graduate programs, early-career radiologists are often faced with six-digit debt straight out of school.

In 2012, a 47-year-old patient at Lancaster Regional Imaging Associates in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, went into anaphylactic shock and stopped breathing during a CT scan due to an allergic reaction to the contrast material. The radiologist revived the patient by administering three doses of epinephrine, or adrenaline, diluted with saline.

Royal Philips and Hologic have announced a new multi-year global partnership that combines Philips’ large portfolio of imaging systems and services with Hologic’s mammography technologies. Financial details have not been disclosed at this time.

For screening strategies that may include more than two lifetime examinations, CT colonography screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is more cost-effective than colonoscopy, according to a new study published by Radiology.

To tackle health disparities between Chicago’s West Side and wealthier, predominantly white neighborhoods elsewhere in the city, Rush University Medical Center is leading a group of nine hospitals and health systems to make investments and hire people from disadvantaged communities.

The total amount of spending under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) attributable to noninvasive diagnostic imaging (NDI) is down, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Overall spending under the PFS, however, has increased.

Delaware’s Women’s Mobile Health Screening Van has been serving the state for 20 years, but it might lose funding in 2019.

Patients are often required to pay high out-of-pocket costs for advanced imaging services, especially when out of their network, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The authors suggested that radiologists should communicate these costs to patients to help prevent “surprise billing.”