Medical imaging is supposed to supply information that guides physicians in an effort to improve a patient’s health. But what about situations where the use of imaging leads to questionable outcomes? How can we ensure that the clinical benefit of an imaging exam outweighs the risks from overdiagnosis or excessive downstream testing and the associated costs?

Virtual Radiologic (vRad), a technology-enabled national radiology practice and the largest telemedicine company in the world, and its subsidiary, NightHawk Radiology Services (NRS), have filed a lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona claiming patent and copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets by Tandem Radiology and certain of its employees and founders, and claiming infringement of patent rights by Direct Radiology  and Imaging Advantage through their use of Tandem's platform.

A joint statement issued by the American Society of Neuroradiology, the American College of Radiology and the Society of NeuroInternational Surgery proposed a simple, pragmatic approach to determining an imaging strategy for stroke patients.

A former radiologic technologist and traveling cardiac cath lab technician has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole a controlled substance and sparked a multistate outbreak of hepatitis C in the process.

Combining automatic tube potential selection with tube current modulation (APSCM) and iterative reconstruction significantly improves objective image quality and reduces radiation dose at coronary CT angiography (CTA), according to a study published in August in Radiology.

For children with minor blunt head trauma, a period of observation in the emergency department (ED) is associated with reduced CT use without risking a delay in diagnosing traumatic brain injury, according to a study published online Aug. 2 in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

It’s been said that problems are really just opportunities in disguise. If this is true, then radiology has had its share of opportunities in recent years, thanks to reimbursement cuts and other cost-control schemes targeting the specialty, fairly or unfairly, as a major driver of healthcare costs.

Puget Sound Institute of Pathology (PSIP) has partnered with McKesson Business Performance Services (BPS) to reduce billing expenses and gain access to comprehensive business support services.