The general public can’t be faulted for not knowing that radiology billing is split between technical and professional components, the former for acquiring the images and the latter for radiologists’ interpretation of them.  

Long exposure to low ambient light has been associated with an increased risk for clinical depression—think SAD, for seasonal affective disorder—and radiologists spend many hours working in the literal dark. Because of this and other risk factors, do rads tend to be more depressed than physicians in other medical specialties?

A major medical school and its affiliated health system have been hit with a multimillion-dollar fraud settlement after two radiologists were caught billing for mandatory reviews of residents’ interpretations that the experienced rads never actually looked at.

An analysis of the Golden State’s system of penalizing healthcare providers responsible for harming patients has revealed that the program is doing nothing to reduce medical errors. 

In the not-so-distant future, patients bearing imaging-capable smartphones will put doctors’ offices out of business. Oh, the docs themselves will still have jobs. But many will be working from home.

Healthcare hackers with bad intent are increasingly steering clear of hospital computer networks and, instead, going after more vulnerable “backdoor” entrances—not least imaging machinery.

When radiologists collaborate with referring physicians to proactively manage imaging utilization, the participation of the radiologist has more weight tipping the scale toward success than does the specialty of the referrer. And the rad’s input has the greatest impact on primary care physicians who are heavy orderers of imaging exams.

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation this week to increase access to breast cancer screenings, following up on the $91 million proposal he first announced in January during an emotional State of the State address. The bill requires numerous state facilities to observe extended hours, offers paid leave to all public employees, removes deductibles and co-payments for all screening mammograms, and more.