One of the most tech-forward healthcare providers in Indonesia has hired the largest teleradiology group in the U.S. for anytime-anywhere reads and reports. 

It’s 2015. Do you know where your radiologist is? Most patients don’t. Nor do they know what radiologists do, exactly, or why it should matter. 

Medicare began requiring hospitals to compile and report information about patient satisfaction (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey) in 2007 and this information has become an increasingly important barometer for hospitals to maintain market share and avoid reimbursement losses. 

Research presented this week at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta demonstrate that an innovative IR treatment can be used to treat chronic conditions that afflict millions of Americans and result in millions of visits to emergency rooms and physician offices.

Hospital patients appreciate it when facilities have been prettied up for eye appeal and ambience. However, when they feel dissatisfied with the care they receive, even the nicest amenities won’t sway their overall opinion of the place. 

Nearly 20% of American adults suffer with chronic daily migraines and turn to various pills as their first line of relief. A new, minimally invasive treatment designed and tested by interventional radiologists may offer an effective alternative with zero side effects. 

Reston, Va. (Feb. 25, 2015) — New and updated American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria® now help healthcare providers  choose the most appropriate medical imaging exam or radiation therapy for more than 1000 clinical indications.  These continually updated criteria are a national standard developed by expert panels of physicians from many different medical specialties.

The Wall Street Journal poses an interesting question for both the specialty of radiology and the millions of women in 21 states who will be notified that they have dense breasts: What should they do about it?