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

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

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.

“It’s vital that imaging centers have a process in place to provide ongoing monitoring of AI once it becomes part of clinical practice,” one expert noted. 

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

“The results suggest that mammography screening can be effective in older women, particularly as life expectancy increases,” researchers contend. 

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