Imaging IT expert Rik Primo discusses emerging issues he saw at RSNA and HIMSS.

Patients might sometimes undergo unnecessary and costly evaluations when specialists do not provide referrers with all of the necessary information. 

Radiology reports are typically written in language well above the average American adult’s eighth grade reading level, making them a source of confusion for patients.

Clinicians only want the information they need to make treatment decisions, rather than advice on what actions they should take, the survey found. 

Biochemical evaluation for patients with incidentally detected enlarged parathyroid glands can prompt earlier diagnosis, according to new data in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

Signify Research senior analyst Amy Thompson explains the trend of connecting various departments to enterprise imaging systems. She said digital pathology may soon become the third largest user of these systems.

Surveying the landscape of interpretive AI in radiology, two researchers note a yawning gap between great expectations set in the recent past and actual clinical implementations as of spring 2023.

Its use dropped the average time needed to examine a finding at all timepoints from 107 seconds to 65 seconds, with pulmonary nodule assessments benefiting from the greatest reductions.