Neighborhood-level socioeconomic status, racialized residential segregation, and socioeconomic status all play a part, according to research published in JAMA Oncology. 

A radiologist spotted the sponge during a subsequent ED visit, but the info never made it to the patient nor the ordering physician.

These results have important implications for understanding patient preferences as determinants of adherence, imaging experts wrote recently. 

“Because these incidentalomas can be considered clinically irrelevant, we believe that there is no benefit in detecting them," experts wrote in Clinical Imaging.

“The ACR and its members stand ready to assist and support our radiologic colleagues and other medical providers in Ukraine," the group said March 4. 

Imaging practices more likely to utilize NPPs are in urban areas, larger in size, and have a higher percentage of IR specialists, experts wrote in JACR. 

Congress paused planned sequester cuts for the first three months of 2022, but they'll starting hitting docs on April 1, imaging advocates noted. 

The American Medical Association praised the move, noting that physicians need flexibility given ongoing demands stemming from the pandemic.