Patient-centered care has become a business imperative, and patient-centered strategies to reduce waste while improving care will benefit both healthcare organizations and patients, according to an article published in the February issue of Health Affairs.

An audit critical of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) department of radiology found issues with physician moonlighting, conflicts of interest and outside contracts.

Arbitration can be preferable to litigation as a means of resolving conflicts between members of a radiology practice or between physicians and outside vendors, according to an article published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

As radiologists strive to improve reporting and service to referring physicians, the input of providers can help inform process improvement. The slide deck  "Recommendations within the Radiology Report: Implications for the Primary Care Physician," provides key insights into the needs of primary care physicians.

The FDA will provide grant funds totaling an estimated $2 million for the support of a Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) radiation protection program.

It’s Feb. 1, National Wear Red Day and the culmination of a work week that began with two new content series in Health Imaging.

Certain eligible patients suffering from an ischemic stroke can safely receive recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to dissolve a clot up to 4.5 hours from stroke onset, according to updated American Stroke Association (ASA) guidelines published Jan. 31 in Stroke.

Overinterpretation and misreporting of results in diagnostic accuracy studies occurs frequently in journals with high impact factors, which may increase healthcare costs and lead to patient harm. The results of the study were published online Jan. 30 in Radiology. Potential overinterpretation was found in all imaging studies.