Viral Radiology: Knowing When to Say When with the Stigma of Calling Out Sick
February 19th 2024Given a certain perception that calling out sick is frowned upon in health care, radiologists and other health care workers may feel conflicted about being absent even if an illness has reduced their capacity for getting work done on a given day.
CAD Versus AI: Let Me Know When the Alphabet Soup Matters in Radiology
October 2nd 2023Is the continued rise of artificial intelligence (AI) driven by legitimate “machine learning,” or do the frequently “suspicious” chest X-rays and questionable detection of subtle findings on head CTs reveal a hype-driven train of new products with an ultimately “planned obsolescence”?
Stabilizing Medicare Reimbursement: A Plan For Action
July 25th 2023Noting that the Medicare conversion factor in 2024 could be lower than the rate in 1993, this author discusses three key issues that need to be addressed by government leaders in order to ensure equitable Medicare reimbursement for radiologists and other physicians.
The Radiologist and the Multitude
July 3rd 2023While it stands to reason that referring physicians would prefer a condensed summary of relevant imaging findings, vagaries with insurers, patients and other possible readers of the radiology report may warrant an inefficient minutiae-cluttered approach.