Automatically scheduling patients for breast imaging also created a heavier administrative burden, researchers detailed Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. 

Despite slowing growth in year-over-year average hourly outlays, payrolls at U.S. hospitals and outpatient clinics may have plateaued at permanently elevated levels.

Physicians at Northern Arizona Radiology reportedly had been forced to work long hours to re-read exams looking for missed cancers. 

The Amsterdam-based imaging industry giant emphasized that the agreement “does not include or constitute any admission of liability, wrongdoing or fault.” 

Hospitals spent recurring labor costs per provider of about $50.20, extrapolated for a total national cost of roughly $78.54M, experts wrote in JACR. 

The Radiology Operations Module optimizes scheduling, reduces costs and frees up providers from time spent on administrative work.

The largest diagnosis deficits were observed for breast, colon and lung cancer, experts detailed in JAMA Network Open. 

The HIPAA-compliant platform launched in April 2022, providing a forum for IR pros to discuss clinical complications and learn from one other.