Controversy Session: How Should We Deal with Outside Images?

Thursday, Nov. 29, 7:15-8:15 a.m. | E351

This session introduces participants to multiple issues, including the potential of cloud-based DICOM transfer, reimbursement for second opinion radiology reports and strategies for designing image transfer and second opinion reporting systems.

Speaker Information:

  • O. Clark West, MD, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston
  • Stephen Ledbetter, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

 

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