Patients might sometimes undergo unnecessary and costly evaluations when specialists do not provide referrers with all of the necessary information. 

Radiology reports are typically written in language well above the average American adult’s eighth grade reading level, making them a source of confusion for patients.

"Large language models make the development of ‘smart hospitals’ not only a possibility, but a reality,” said Eric Oermann, MD, an assistant professor in NYU's Department of Radiology. 

Medford Radiology was left unable to see or report on images and was still assessing the scope of the attack as of May 30. 

Signify Research senior analyst Amy Thompson explains the trend of connecting various departments to enterprise imaging systems. She said digital pathology may soon become the third largest user of these systems.

Surveying the landscape of interpretive AI in radiology, two researchers note a yawning gap between great expectations set in the recent past and actual clinical implementations as of spring 2023.

Its use dropped the average time needed to examine a finding at all timepoints from 107 seconds to 65 seconds, with pulmonary nodule assessments benefiting from the greatest reductions.

An intense focus on RVU productivity may have unintended negative consequences, experts wrote in the Journal of Operations Management.