2011 April

Conventional wisdom (and experience) tells us that radiologists and cardiologists dont like to play in the same sandbox. The relationship between the specialties has long been characterized by turf wars, competition and political wrangling.

Change is coursing through the healthcare pipeline. In fact, the very nature of change seems to be evolving. In the last two decades, technological developments monopolized the radiology spotlight.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has mandated that facilities integrate advanced visualization imaging from CT, MRI and nuclear medicine into their EHRs/EMRs by 2015.

When a SPECT myocardial perfusion study of a patient with persistent angina produced a normal result, the attending cardiologist at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston suspected the study had missed something more serious.

Since radiologists first began using voice recognition more than 30 years ago, supporters and resistors have debated the software intenselyin clinical journals as well as across reading room cubicle walls.

CT dose has emerged as the leading differentiator in the CT market and a top of mind issue for radiologists, clinicians and patients.

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