Patient delays related to MRI exams seem to be contagious—and even capable of crossing the Atlantic. 

The U.S. is far from alone on the continent in perpetually arguing over healthcare delivery and putting MRI in the center of the spat. 

In an effort to empower female radiologists to take a commanding role in the field, RSNA presented a session entitled, “Women in Leadership,” at this year’s conference. 

Despite an infusion of tens of millions of governmental dollars intended to speed access to MRI exams, patients in British Columbia still endure the longest wait times—a median of 24 weeks—in all of Canada. 

Regardless of where President-elect Donald J. Trump tries to take the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a recently formed independent practice association in Central Florida plans to carry on with members’ plan to stand together as medical independents.  

Retail sales enticements like quick price quotes and money-back guarantees are coming to a hospital near you if they’re not already there—and imaging is a likely pitch point, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

The value-based model of healthcare delivery known as the perioperative surgical home (PSH), which taps anesthesiologists to captain inpatient care teams—and not just in the OR—gets some good press in a major business outlet. 

The BRAIN initiative launched by the Obama administration in 2013—all caps because it’s an acronym for Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies—just received an infusion of $70 million in fresh funding for new projects, the NIH announced Oct. 13.