The drive for improved system integration and decreased turnaround time has led to a continuous analysis of procedures and a never-ending cycle of trying to get the work flow to work.

From med-mal to reimbursement, radiologists have quite a few metaphorical guns to our collective heads.

A radiologist alone in a dark room with his computer.

Radiologists generally seek to have an impact on things. We want to know we are making a difference — in patient care and department protocol.

Here are a few pointers for renegotiating your contracts.

To sum up my previous thoughts regarding the state of voice recognition typically available to us in radiology: We’re not yet living in the days of Star Trek.

It's important that data and reports be complete, accurate, and timely. It's an essential part running a successful business and a critical part of the revenue cycle in diagnostic imaging.

You must take pride in your dictations. Your reports are a reflection of you as a radiologist.

Next time you see some disruptive, innovative technology, remember that there still may be value in using the new technology.

At a time when technology rules, radiologists can be early adopters of this philosophy to deliver better care to their patients.

You don’t need to have had personal experience with voice recognition software to know it’s still a work in progress.

In the teleradiology field, I’m partial to working with larger, more established groups, but are there advantages of the smaller startup enterprises?

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Highlighting the advantages of direct radiologist-patient interaction was the sole intended focus of the article. I had no intention of bashing teleradiology, either the industry or the career path.

I get it. You’ve got some issues with this business model, and you feel the need to push back against it.