Implementing a clinical decision support (CDS) tool increased the overall appropriateness scores of CT and MRI orders, but showed no major difference between the habits of house staff and non-house staff.

Numerous studies have shown that clinical decision support (CDS) can help reduce unnecessary imaging. According to a new study in the American Journal of Roentgenology, however, not enough research has focused on how CDS tools impact less experienced providers such as house staff physicians.

There is an "immaturity" between machines and humans, said Paul J. Chang, MD, of the University of Chicago. Unless radiology departments augment their current IT infrastructure, AI could become another technological-driver of burnout.

Researchers in Europe have developed an open-source, ready-to-use radiomics calculator based on a burgeoning international standard for radiologists looking to quantify tumor characteristics on CT at the level of molecular biomarkers.   

RBJ asked for—and received—in-depth answers to six high-level questions about data analytics. What all these Q&A sets have in common is the supplying of a fresh insight or two (or three) into tapping data for its power to prove value and bolster the bottom line.

Speech recognition has become a staple software category in radiology over the past three decades, and other medical specialties have adopted it as well. Yet efforts to assess the toolset’s applications and adaptations have been frustrated by the lack of a unified set of metrics.

Middle-aged smokers have smaller gray-matter volumes than their non-smoking peers, and the falloff is especially pronounced in the brains of smokers who also drink alcohol.

The Global Diagnostic Imaging Healthcare IT & Radiation Therapy Trade Association (DITTA) has published a new white paper on cybersecurity, providing medical technology manufacturers with a list of recommended best practices.