Controlling overutilization of medical services — particularly costly services such as medical imaging — is something everyone seems to agree on but no one seems able to do under the fee-for-service system.

Patients experience more waiting room stress than you may think. A new study in Radiology on patient stress levels in the waiting room has implications for diagnostic radiology executives.

The recent controversy surrounding mammography may die down somewhat with the release, in the July 2011 issue of Radiology, of a three-decade-long study in Sweden demonstrating that death from breast cancer is prevented in every 414 to 519 women who undergo the procedure. Previous studies had pegged this figure at 1,000 to 1,500 women.

Heralding its move into the market for equipment optimized for breast screening, Philips Healthcare has inked an agreement with Sectra AB to acquire the vast majority of the latter’s Mamea AB low-dose mammography division for 57.5 million euros ($82 million U.S.) in cash upfront, plus an additional 1 million euros ($18 million) pending the

Spiraling healthcare costs make the immediate implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) a must, according to Mark McClellan, MD, former Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Today, the California State Assembly Business and Professions Committee unanimously approved a bill that would require health care providers to inform women who undergo mammograms about their breast density.

A bipartisan group of 61 members of Congress, led by Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA) of the House Small Business Committee, have sent a letter to congressional colleagues voicing objections to imaging cuts recommended by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) in its June

An increase in the number of physicians leaving private practice for hospital employment is anticipated as the health care landscape continues to undergo change and the need for hospital/physician alignment accelerates, indicate two recent market reports.