Radiologists analyzed gadolinium retention research and identified limitations to our current understanding of gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) retention risks in a recent JAMA viewpoint.

Central Maine Healthcare (CMH) in Lewiston recently announced plans to open an outpatient care facility inside a mall in southern Maine—offering imaging services and urgent care, according to the Sun Journal. The system believes its model can lower healthcare costs in the region.

MRI has become a central part of diagnosing and managing prostate cancer, but private payer coverage has not kept up with this technological trend, reported authors of a recent Journal of the American College of Radiology study.

California Gov. Jerry Brown guaranteed the state’s breast density notification program will extend through 2025 after he signed the Dense Breast Tissue Awareness bill (SB-1034) this week.

Santa Fe Imaging’s new $2.2 million 3 Tesla MRI is the first in the New Mexico city and is already improving care for patients and providers, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.

A group of radiology consultants to University Hospital Kerry (UHK) in southwest Ireland say the hospital is in danger of losing its level three designation due to lack of resources and equipment, citing its radiology department as a central point of concern, the Irish Examiner reported.

The University of Queensland in Australia has opened its $8.5 million biomedical imaging center designed to tackle key questions related to treatment and prevention of diseases, according to the university.

Radiologists who are higher wage earners and more aware of the federal advocacy process are more likely to donate to radiology political action committees (PACs), according to recent research published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.