Undergoing MRI with a pacemaker has long been considered a tricky proposition. Individuals with the devices, and those with cardioverter defibrillators, were often kept from undergoing such imaging because of safety concerns. But new research in the New England Journal of Medicine argues such safety concerns are incorrected and outdated.

Incidental findings can lead to negative consequences for patients, but establishing a standardized method of communicating these discoveries between emergency and radiology departments can improve patient safety.

Establishing patient- and family-centered models of care is a goal all radiologists should strive for. With reimbursement models increasingly tied to health outcomes, radiology is in position to add value to the healthcare system.

Life expectancy in the United States has fallen for a second straight year—the first time this has happened in more than 50 years. Despite such difficult statistics, cancer deaths continue to decrease—with the death rate dropping 1.7 percent in 2015, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society.

Testicular cancer is relatively rare, with only 9,000 cases a year in the United States, found mostly in young men between 20 and 34 years old. Esquire.com recently published the first-person account of one case, with an otherwise healthy 31-year-old man dealing with surgery, life changes and the long-term effects of excessive radiation.

According to a recent article from JACR, physician burnout is characterized by emotion exhaustion, cynicism and an overall sense of inefficacy, with the current burnout rate for radiologists near 50 percent. However, physicians—radiologists especially—choosing to get involved in global health may be a solution.

Show Richard Gunderman a radiologist whose job performance is largely gauged by how completely she complies with top-down initiatives and directives, and Gunderman will show you a radiologist who is either burned out or getting there.

“Dear Doctor: Three recent [radiology] reports from Dr. So and So are just plain wrong. I reviewed these studies with other radiologists in your department, and they all agree that the interpretations are overcalls. These overcalls are impacting the care my patients are receiving, have delayed surgery and are impacting my outcomes data. May I please request that Dr. So and So no longer interpret studies of my patients?”