Over the course of one month, radiologists reading CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis recommended appropriate follow-up for incidental findings (IFs) over 90% of the time, failing primarily when the IF was an aneurysm, according to findings made available by Steven Boe, MD, and colleagues at the American College of Radiology’s ACR 2015 Annual Meeting.

Locum tenens physicians and other healthcare workers looking for temporary gigs—along with healthcare providers hoping to employ them—have a new mobile and online tool to quickly find one another. 

Mammography is making headlines again with the recently released United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft breast cancer screening recommendations—bookended by a humbling prediction from the National Cancer Institute that breast cancer cases could increase by 50 percent over the next 15 years. 

Breast-imaging interpretations by telemedicine? More than a few have said that it couldn’t be done—or, at least, that it couldn’t be done well.

What do you do with legacy data-storage applications containing near-antique patient information—so old it hasn’t been accessed in up to 20 years—that may yet be needed for legal, financial, clinical or population-management purposes?

It’s T-minus two and a half years, give or take, on the liftoff of Meaningful Use stage 3. In 2018, every eligible hospital and eligible professional must attest to a single set of eight objectives—or suffer reduced Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements—in what is expected to be the final and definitive MU stage.

When comparing the three imaging report types used in an emergency setting, both radiologists and referring physicians prefer itemized reports (IR) over basic structured reports (BSR) and point-and-click reports (PCR), according to a survey published in Academic Radiology.

Reston, Va. (April 23, 2015) — The ACR-AAPM Radiation Safety Officer Resources is now available for physicians and medical physicists serving as radiation safety officers at medical facilities.