Vikash Panghaal, MD, MBA

Employers are no longer offering partnership to radiologists.

A radiologist longs for the “mom and pop” days of healthcare.

Radiologists and other physicians have been taught to practice defensive medicine.

When it comes to healthcare spending, salary cuts may not be the best approach.

The sub-specialization of medicine is just like the sub-specialization of baseball. Here, a radiologist explains why.

Radiologists are well equipped to become leaders in the new health care environment.

Changing health care laws contribute to the uncertain future of radiology.

Ultrasound is being used more at the bedside by all specialties. But for non-emergencies, leave it to the experts or risk over- or under-diagnosis.

CMS and the FDA should create a policy that all patient CDs containing medical images must be in a DICOM format.

Obtaining prior studies benefits the patient, but takes extra resources. Radiologists should be incentivized to obtain priors and make comparisons. Do you agree?

Radiology may be seen as an ancillary service, but the radiologist’s role in image interpretation should be more valued to avoid commoditization.

Our radiology industry reps should focus on preventing more cuts and growing our professional component, rather than focusing on the technical component.

Radiologists and breast surgeons often have different follow-up protocols for probably benign lesions. The closer collaboration is ideal, but we need to merge our algorithms.

Why is it that we can view and share vacation albums, movie clips and PowerPoint documents, but radiology images presents obstacles? Here’s one solution.

Radiologists are a lot like offensive linemen. They don’t get much glory or recognition, and they are often the first to blame.

Academic radiology centers and institutions need to better train radiologists to see patients and diagnose and treat in collaboration with other physicians.

Radiology groups face major hurdles from insurance companies, including the difficulty to negotiate and control patient referral.

As a young attending radiologist, I’m already seeing how in-house, self-referral imaging in physician offices is affecting our business.