A radiologist who worked at a Veterans Affairs (VA) facility in Illinois and was fired after reporting serious problems among his peers is speaking out.

Should patients be able to receive their radiology reports directly from radiologists? Or should they only be allowed access when chaperoned by a qualified medical professional? Two experts holding opposing views on the matter go toe-to-toe in articles published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

While Australia’s Medicare differs from the federal program of the same name in the U.S., the Land Down Under’s healthcare system is just as politically charged and hotly debated. The latest scuffle is over a Medicare freeze that has ballooned patients’ out-of-pocket expenses, most conspicuously for advanced imaging procedures.

Offering first-year medical students an elective introduction to interventional radiology (IR), researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and its Perelman School of Medicine have found considerable receptivity to the learning opportunity and heightened interest in the specialty.

In the heavily fee-for-service payment environment of years past, many care decisions were driven by the ready availability of expensive technologies. Imaging advances stood among the most conspicuous precipitators of resource consumption. That world is fading fast, and for good reason, according to the authors of a paper published online Aug. 17 in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Radiologists reading digital imaging exams move their mouses much more and tap their keypads far less than computer-bound nonradiologist workers, and that’s just one of several factors contributing to the rise of repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) in radiologists.

As the concept of patient-centered radiology becomes a ubiquitous touchpoint within the profession, some are questioning what, exactly, “PCR” consists of—both as an ideal and in real-world, daily practice.

Radiology trainees giving second reads to experienced radiologists’ image-interpretation reports can significantly reduce the use of post-script corrections, amplifications or clarifications—i.e., addenda.