Register Now: Image-Based Risk: The Next Frontier in Breast Cancer Screening
|Slideshows|March 18, 2015

Teleradiology: Does it Hurt or Help?

Author(s)Liza Haar

Is teleradiology good for radiology?

Talking about teleradiology doesn’t always conjure up the most pleasant thoughts, according to Andras Palko of the University of Albert Szentgyorgyi, Szeged, Hungary, at ECR 2015.Palko might not be drinking the teleradiology Kool-Aid, but he recognizes that it will continue to exist and it does have its benefits.“If you want to answer the question of whether [teleradiology] is a friend or a foe, it always comes down to where it is used and how it is applied,” Palko said.Palko argued five issues that arise with teleradiology. Since Diagnostic Imaging is all about equal opportunity, we took the issues to Benjamin W. Strong, MD, chief medical officer, vRad, to let him counter why these issues are actually opportunities.Find out what they said in the slideshow and then tell us in the comments section below what you think about teleradiology.


Related to this article

Current Perspectives on Integrating AI into Radiology
In a recent interview with Diagnostic Imaging, Joseph Cavallo, MD, MBA, offered insights on post-deployment monitoring with AI, the potential for improved workflow efficiency and the ongoing challenge of balancing essential clinical skills and AI literacy in the training of radiology residents and fellows.