President Donald Trump has postponed this week’s speech on battling rising prescription drug costs, according to the White House. No future date, time or location has been announced for the speech, previously scheduled for Thursday, April 26.

The average annual salary for radiologists is $401,000 per year, according to Medscape’s Physician Compensation Report 2018. But how does that compare to other specialties?

A dozen years ago, Ronny Jackson, MD, was leading a small team of physicians in Iraq, handling surgical shock trauma in the third year of the war. This week, Jackson could be a few hearings away from becoming the Secretary of Veterans Affairs—and assuming control of an organization that looks after some 3.5 million individuals.

Higher deductible bronze-level plans were more popular on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges in 2018, but customers may not be aware that moving toward this coverage will leave them paying out of pocket for primary care until they hit their deductible—leading some to avoid primary care altogether due to the costs.

According to the annual Black Book industry survey, 89 percent of healthcare consumers under 40 are unsatisfied with the technological capabilities of their healthcare organizations.

Registration is officially open for the seventh annual Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) Summit Sept. 7-9 at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the American College of Radiology (ACR) announced this week.

Teaching hospitals that rack up dozens of safety violations from CMS are also the training ground for the next generation of physicians, which could increase the risk of those young doctors picking up habits that result in unsafe care or burning themselves out and leaving the profession.

Windsong Radiology Group, a Williamsville, New York-based radiology practice, has rolled out a new Mobile Mammography Unit to help increase the number of women receiving mammograms.