Ordinarily one would think that a decline in smoking rates would be beneficial from a public health perspective. But, according to a research letter published in the Feb. 24 issue of JAMA, such a decline could actually increase lung cancer mortality. 

In a bid to promote access to healthcare data, officials from the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), reiterated Tuesday during a webinar covering the final guidance on medical device data systems (MDDS), that technologies that receive, store, or display data from medical devices are of such low risk that they no longer need to be strictly regulated by the agency.

Radiology Associates of North Texas (RANT), the number one practice on Radiology Business Journal’s ranking of the 100 largest private radiology practices, has hired Corbin Wilson, JD, CMPE, as CEO after a ten-month search.

More than three-quarters of private radiology groups, some 76%, are actively marketing themselves on Facebook, Twitter and the like. Less than a third of academic radiology departments (28%) are following suit—but that’s likely to change, and soon.

At the current rate of innovation in healthcare and technology, how do we keep our kids informed of the types of careers available to them?  

The use of evidence-based clinical decision support (CDS) results in a significant reduction in CT pulmonary angiographic imaging in patients suspected of having a pulmonary embolism, according to a study published online in Radiology. 

Private practice radiology groups have been earlier—and broader—adopters of social media than their academic counterparts, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

To understand why the future of radiology is in reporting that is both structured and template-based, look to the earliest days of the profession.