Due to improvements in both technology and the quality of patient care, there are currently more images being used in the healthcare industry than ever before.

Today, imaging has truly gone enterprise-wide, with medical centers needing to optimize their processes and technology to accommodate images from cardiology, pathology, dermatology and more.

Inefficiency is kryptonite to healthcare. In an era where providers are being asked to do more with less, wasteful workflows and inefficient resource usage sap the ability to offer the highest levels of patient care.

Radiology can provide immense value to the healthcare system, not only through accurate diagnostic interpretations, but by helping direct the appropriate use of imaging.

Radiologists who fret about getting sued for malpractice should continue patting themselves on the back for not going into surgery, medicine, Ob/Gyn, anesthesiology, emergency or dentistry/oral surgery. 

For several years, the radiology community has been trying to shed the image of physicians hidden away in a dark reading room and get more in touch with patients. One of this week’s top stories showed once again why this is important.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued its draft recommendations for colorectal cancer screening, largely staying in line with their 2008 recommendations and supporting the benefit of screening for all adults ages 50 to 75. However, the list of screening options endorsed by USPSTF includes CT colonography only as an "alternative test."

Authorship counts have dramatically increased in radiology journals in the last 35 years, according to findings published in Academic Radiology.