Referring physicians have distinct expectations and specific, but predominantly coherent preferences with regard to radiology reporting, according to the results of a survey issued to general practitioners and hospital-based physicians in Switzerland.

Data and analytics were named the top challenge healthcare executives expect their organizations to face next year.

Between 2010 and 2017, healthcare providers and health plans accounted for the most breaches and largest number of patient records compromised from breaches, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Second-opinion imaging readings can directly affect the clinical management of patients with Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) disease, reported authors of a Sept. 24 study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General announced on Thursday, Sept. 20, that UMass Memorial Medical Group, Inc. and UMass Memorial Medical Center, Inc. have been ordered to pay $230,000 following two separate data breaches that exposed the personal health information of more than 15,000 people.

Only one-fifth of case reports containing medical images mention a radiologist as the co-author. Those reports were also lower in quality, according to research published online Sept. 20 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The federal government has fined three Boston hospitals nearly $1 million for potential HIPAA violations regarding a documentary series.

After implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) system, an orthopedic clinic saw its labor costs and staff documentation time significantly increase during the first several months before then returning to previous levels, according to a study.