In the not-too-distant past, patients seldom, if ever, had an opportunity to meet face-to-face with a radiologist or access their own imaging reports. In addition, providers rarely asked for feedback or considered the patient’s perspective when implementing new policies. But in the age of patient satisfaction, times are changing as radiology practices and hospital radiology departments are implementing patient-centered strategies intended to improve patient care and, in turn, support an increased level of patient satisfaction.

Pediatric radiology faces many of the same challenges inherent to pediatric specialties but the varied age and size of patients and lack of patient cooperation are especially problematic for imaging.

Ambra Health, makers of the leading cloud-based, medical image management suite, today announced the company has won the prestigious Terasaki Medical Innovation Award from the National Kidney Registry. The Terasaki Medical Innovation Award is given to individuals or organizations that have invented, developed, or created breakthrough technologies in transplantation. The winner is chosen via electronic ballot from National Kidney Registry’s Medical Board comprised of prominent practitioners, researchers, and donors.

An annual review of the search assignments conducted by physician recruitment firm Merritt Hawkins revealed an upturn in radiology hiring, among other trends.

Metastatic breast cancer is progressive and incurable, but twice as many women today are hitting the benchmark five-year survival rate as were in the early 1990s.

Warrington, Penn. – June 6, 2017 – Medical device companies CurveBeam and Carestream Health announced a collaboration to support and facilitate education and research for weight-bearing computed tomography imaging.

Increases in imaging utilization combined with the search methodology used by policymakers to look for misvalued medical services has resulted in disproportionate reimbursement cuts to diagnostic radiology services, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Text reminders to patients scheduled for MRI exams reduced patient no-shows at Massachusetts General Hospital, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.