The organization has grown significantly in recent years, and like similar imaging groups, faced mounting challenges in automating core front-office functions, verifying insurance benefits and helping staff struggling to keeping up with it all.
Bridgeport Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Health, is accused in a lawsuit of not staffing an overnight physician in an intensive care unit. It’s alleged that the remote care coordination caused delays that led to the death of 26-year-old Conor Hylton, who was experiencing emergency seizure-like symptoms.
In its proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, President Donald Trump’s administration is floating a 10% cut to federal government spending across the board with one notable exception: The Department of War. For military and defense, the White House is seeking an additional 44%.
The cardiovascular care of thousands of Missouri patients is suddenly up in the air. The heart of the issue is a practice's alleged interest in opening up a new private equity-backed clinic.
In particular, rads working in breast imaging and pediatrics appear to notch the lowest rates of career advancement, experts write in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
Experts believe this new research offers important insights as practices adopt artificial intelligence in breast imaging, often with an extra out-of-pocket fee.
Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the American College of Radiology, discusses the policy, which urges for more robust promotion of low-dose CT as a public health tool.
