While complications from optical colonoscopy occur in less than 1 in 100 cases, the effects can be devastating: bleeding, infection, even death. In the rare case that a serious complication occurs, radiology administrators can ensure rapid diagnosis by prioritizing CT over abdominal radiography, according to a study published in JACR.

Healthcare-economics innovators looking for a model after which to fashion an episodic bundled-payment package for cancer care would do well to consider radiologist-led breast cancer screening.

Become an expert. Build a reputation among your peers. Hire and train the best people. Tips from a businessperson who made it big? Not exactly. It’s advice from an interventional radiologist who daily deals with things like blood clots, varicose veins and other blood circulation abnormalities. 

When the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, or Omnibus Bill, was passed late last year, it included text that requires imaging providers to start using DR.

Hospitals cannot function without physicians, but physicians can function without hospitals. Those are plain facts—the latter is demonstrated daily in war-torn parts of the world—and the observation ought to give pause to those looking to quicken the rise of the hospitalist specialty in U.S. healthcare.

The 2016 Olympics have inadvertently shone a bright light on the chasm between healthcare in Rio de Janeiro for the haves who will come and go—the athletes, the entourages, the tourists—and healthcare for the poor residents who will remain.

The online job search site Health eCareers is out with its second annual salary survey, and the Dallas Morning News has reviewed the numbers to figure out what they mean for healthcare workers in the Lone Star State. 

Gleaming and modern, 172-bed Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Oregon, operates the largest outpatient imaging center on the southern Oregon coast—and owns a colorful, sometimes rocky history worthy of beyond-local coverage in words and images.