Children preparing for imaging procedures at Nelson Hospital in New Zealand are gaining a better understanding of their exams through play, using miniature models of MRI machines and CT scanners on their teddy bears, dolls and other toys.

The only true measure of the value a physician brings to the U.S. healthcare system is the degree to which he or she helps bring about good clinical outcomes. 

Improve population health. Optimize the patient experience. And do both while cutting costs. That, of course, is the “Triple Aim,” the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s boiled-down recipe for putting the Affordable Care Act into action at the provider level. And where does radiology fit into the formula? 

A nine-location radiology practice in southwest Florida is letting its patients know that their paper records may be at risk of falling into the wrong hands. 

In a world marked by growing data dependency, radiology practices looking to excel in things that really matter must look past their performance metrics and consider, in depth, the quality of their culture. 

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics has published a report on some of the technologies shaping hospitals’ purchase plans in 2016.

Members of the Vanderbilt University department of radiology have put significant effort into increasing the number of women in leadership positions at academic radiology practices, as detailed in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Despite dramatic advances in healthcare and technology over the past two centuries, most doctors still rely on a 200-year-old device to evaluate their patients: the humble stethoscope. But why?