Health Imaging

As the emphasis on the accountable care organization (ACO) gathers momentum, radiologists have been a bit perplexed as to how to approach the model. The American College of Radiology created the Radiology Integrated Care Network (RICN) to illuminate the situation. The RICN encouraged radiologists to be proactive participants in ACOs in an opinion piece published in the May issue of the Journal of American College of Radiology.

Practice Management

NLST update: CT detects 2X as many early-stage lung cancers as x-ray

Low-dose screening CT detected 132 cases of stage IA lung cancer, while chest x-ray detected 46 stage IA cancers in the first-screen results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), according to research published May 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Oncology Imaging

Bankruptcy’s bite felt 2-5 times more by cancer patients

Cancer patients are more than twice as likely to file for bankruptcy than people without cancer, according to a study of Washington state patients published in the May issue of Health Affairs.

Healthcare Economics

Vertebroplasty offers mild pain relief, but no functional improvements

While vertebroplasty proved moderate pain relief to patients suffering from osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, the treatment offers no improvement to functional disability, according to a study published online May 21 in Radiology.

Diagnostic Imaging

MR user automation offers 19% workflow acceleration

An automated MR workflow engine can shave minutes off exam times and reduce the likelihood of human error, according to a study published in the June issue of Academic Radiology.

Diagnostic Imaging

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