Outdated infrastructure and a lack of young people entering the field are both impacting the security of critical isotopes such as molybdenum-99.

If the emergency drive is needed during treatment, it could fail to work, putting patients at risk of ischemia, hypoxia, stroke or death.

According to Ajax Health CEO and industry veteran Duke Rohlen, the new company will be focused on offerings that "prioritize precision, simplicity and efficiency."

Several MD members of Congress are co-sponsoring the “Physician Fee Schedule Update and Improvements Act." 

Anecdotal reports indicate that radiologists are struggling to keep up with rising demand, but researchers sought to better quantify this crisis. 

“Any action that would increase medical liability costs carries the potential negative consequence of physicians leaving our state to practice elsewhere," the two said. 

Jonathan Gross, MD, argues that diagnostic and interventional radiology were “not developed with sustainability in mind.”

The alleged scheme involved a series of diagnostic procedures that, according to the U.S. government, were not medically necessary.