“When choosing a role, radiologists should consider their unique strengths, availability, and personal and financial risk tolerance," experts advised. 

Desert Radiology, which joined Rad Partners in 2019, had handled a “significant” number of scans at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada annually. 

Measures to optimize the value of radiology services will be necessary as the strained PCP workforce is increasingly augmented by other providers, experts wrote in JACR. 

Only 16% of women across five U.S. medical schools said they were strongly considering an IR career compared to 27% of men.

"Since several states are shifting toward granting NPPs more autonomy, this is something worth watching," the study's author told Radiology Business. 

The deal covers the independent hospital's main facility, several community sites and five walk-in care centers, Commonwealth Radiology Associates announced. 

When matched by gender and career length, nonemergency rads are nearly twice as likely to be promoted to associate professor. 

Recently trained radiologists are likely to weigh this factor when considering which direction to take their careers, researchers wrote in JACR.