“The explanation here is simple. Ultrasound gives you more information, and more concrete information, about what’s going on,” authors of a new JAMA study say.

Many organizations are interested in remote scanning as a means of addressing ongoing technologist staffing shortages.

Frustrated with burnout, mid-career inertia and the allure of temp work, many rads are only doing their minimum duties in order to survive. 

Negotiated professional prices for hospital-based radiology services are about 43% higher than independents vs. 16% more for PE-backed rad groups.

The Small Business Administration will raise receipts-based standards for 263 industries including imaging, allowing more to apply for financing.

Vital Imaging Diagnostic Centers recently alerted patients about the apparent cyberattack with an unauthorized party likely gaining access to private health information. 

Fayetteville-based Valley Regional Imaging is unloading its facility to Cape Fear Valley Health, a hospital based in the same Sandhills-region community of southeastern North Carolina. 

Approximately 42% of those polled aren’t confident progress will be made in the next decade to address the shortfall, Medscape found.