One in six physicians in a national survey did not know whether pay-for-performance was incorporated into their compensation, according to a research letter published Oct. 14 by JAMA Internal Medicine.

A majority of patients would like to be made aware of the risks associated with cancer screening, such as overdiagnosis and overtreatment, prior to screening, according to a research letter published online Oct. 21 by JAMA Internal Medicine.

Many physicians are failing to mention the costs of treatment, prescriptions, and diagnostic testing to patients, forcing them to face unavoidable healthcare bills after it’s too late, according to Peter A. Ubel, MD, of Duke University, and colleagues. The researchers argue that this regular occurrence must be overturned in their article, “Full Disclosure—Out-of-Pocket Costs as Side Effects,” published on Oct. 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wcfn7t/global) has announced the addition of the "Global Electrophysiology (EP) Ablation Catheters - Market Growth Analysis, 2009-2015" report to their offering.

The 2013/2014 Consumer Choice Award winners for the top hospitals in the U.S. have been identified by the National Research Corporation.

Healthcare jobs will take a hit as reimbursement shifts, according to a Boston Business Journal report. The transformation in how care is paid for will create new jobs while eliminating others, placing many in danger of losing their employment. If the position increases quality and reduces costs, it will most likely be kept, according to the report.

The global market for Vendor Neutral Archives (VNA) is estimated to have a global market of $163.6 million in 2013 and projected to reach $335.4 million by 2018, according to a MarketsandMarkets report published in October.

Consensus-Oriented Group Review (COGR), a new model of radiology peer review, allows groups of radiologists to discuss current cases in a conference setting to reach consensus judgments about the appropriateness of the case under examination, according to an article published online Oct. 16 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.