Much has been made in recent years about combatting the commoditization of radiology by increasing the specialty’s value to the care continuum and the healthcare system as a whole rather than just offering interpretations from a reading room. Two of this week’s top stories focused on institutions that took steps to improve efficiency on their own, though one of the groups is asking for more help from vendors.

A report commissioned by the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance shows the medical imaging technology industry supports an estimated 12,124 jobs in the state of Washington and generates approximately $3.1 billion in total economic activity.

Joel J. Nobel, MD, founder and president emeritus of the ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit dedicated to research that improves patient care, has passed away at the age of 79, according to the institute.

Skyrocketing use of MRI for knee and shoulder pain often ignores guidelines and adds millions of dollars to medical costs, according to a study published July 30 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

When staff at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta realized patients who were coming in for ultrasound-guided thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) were waiting two or three hours for the procedure after check-in, they took action and redesigned workflows.

Imaging costs did not drop in states that passed tort reform limiting the amount paid for non-economic damages (NED) in medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The rallying cry in radiology in recent years has been “value over volume,” and the message of boosting value in radiology was on display again this week at the annual meeting of AHRA in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Administrators should not lose control of a radiology facility design project by delegating it to others who either don’t have the expertise or don’t have the provider’s interest in mind, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of AHRA.