The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) says positron emission tomography (PET) nuclear imaging has seen wider adoption in the past few years, and many cardiac imaging experts say it could become the workhorse technology for nuclear cardiac assessments over the next decade. 

Indiana University radiologists explore how 1 organization lost 80% of its sonographers in a month, detailing 3 ways peers can avoid such a situation in their own organizations. 

Some CPT billing code descriptions leave ambiguity as to the number of image views involved in an exam, resulting in variability in interpretation times.  

The Metairie, Louisiana-based radiology group is acquiring Houston MRI & Diagnostic Imaging, ballooning its center total to 48 across five states. 

The collaboration is with Sacramento-based Sutter Health, which operates 24 acute care hospitals across California, employing over 29,000 clinicians. 

The team hopes to develop a model that will estimate a patient's risk of major cardiovascular events and predict when such events are most likely to occur.

The partnership begins with a video series called “Ask a Doctor” featuring clinicians from the health system alongside Muppet characters. 

The study is part of a bigger effort to understand why some children recover better than others following head injuries.

Tracy Young, CRNA, vice president at the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, details the ongoing fight between providers and insurers over how anesthesiologists get paid. 

Clyde Yancy, MD, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about how the treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has evolved in recent years.