The USPSTF’s reiterated recommendations against prostate-cancer screening for men with limited life expectancy have resonated with geriatricians and younger primary care physicians but failed to sway substantial numbers of urologists and older practitioners, as shown by a large study of veterans published April 4 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

A type of meditation has proven superior to drug treatment when it comes to easing frequently imaging-intensive pain in the lower back.

An editorial published by NJBIZ.com explored one of the most common complaints patients have about medical imaging: the wide range of prices for basic services.

A new report predicts substantial growth for the global diagnostic imaging market over the next five years, with the market expected to top $33.4 billion by the year 2020.

The U.K.-based market research firm Technavio has pegged the global medical imaging market to close in on $37 billion in revenue by 2020, according to a Feb. 26 press release from the firm promoting a report available for purchase.  

The only true measure of the value a physician brings to the U.S. healthcare system is the degree to which he or she helps bring about good clinical outcomes. 

Improve population health. Optimize the patient experience. And do both while cutting costs. That, of course, is the “Triple Aim,” the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s boiled-down recipe for putting the Affordable Care Act into action at the provider level. And where does radiology fit into the formula? 

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics has published a report on some of the technologies shaping hospitals’ purchase plans in 2016.