
Sometimes artificial intelligence is unintelligent.

Eric Postal, MD, is a diagnostic radiologist with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Sometimes artificial intelligence is unintelligent.

Radiologists can see everything that they are missing when they work holidays.

In decision support for imaging studies, who calls the shots?

People don’t need to see the true representation of radiologists.

Increasingly soaring insurance premiums and even greater deductibles mean the bad news of health care reform is finally hitting home.

It’s time for radiologists and other clinicians to be direct.

Tips for sabotaging your MR studies.

When no one reads the words on a radiology report, a frequent occurrence.

In a radiologist’s afterlife, let the punishment fit the crime.

The scariest part of the middle-of-the-night call for a radiologist is the lack of efficiency.

Radiologists can choose to be gurus or geeks.

Unlike other careers, radiologists receive the best rewards as their career begins, and then gradually lose them.

There isn’t much radiologists can do about others invading their turf.

How to play chess with the big wigs in your radiology group.

Panic sets in when radiologists receive their peer-reviewed cases highlighting a miss.

Radiologists have a Pavlovian response to a ringing phone.

Are our clinical colleagues intentionally holding back relevant case history? I’d like to see what would happen if there were consequences for such information hoarding.

Sometimes a radiologist just needs to vent.

Birds and physicians are no different after all.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time this radiologist was confronted with a lack of knowledge.

A letter to the radiologist dedicated to over-radiating patients.

In radiology, being clueless, like being ignorant, can be bliss.

One can only hope that a grade school education is required to order an imaging study.

Recommending protocols and then interpreting the exam’s study is a satisfying feeling for radiologists.

Radiologists should keep doing the good job we’ve already been trying to do.

We need to set a standard for the “terms” of radiology reports. Part 2 of 2.

It can be difficult to decipher who has final say in radiology reports. Part 1 of 2.

Longer days correspond directly with an increase in volume of imaging studies.

The decision to go into private practice didn’t stop me from trying to teach other radiologists a thing or 2.

Tips on getting a favorable response when asking for a consult. Part 2 of 2.