Exclusive Radiology Career Articles
Teleradiology: A virtual radiology network
Teleradiology is the latest way for healthcare organizations to effectively
provide radiology imaging services. Research shows that radiology imaging
services account for 15 percent, or more, of a hospital's total system revenue.
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article here.(LocumTenens.com, March 10, 2006)
Liability and Lifestyle Issues Frustrate Radiologists
Physician Salary Survey Indicates 70% of Radiologists Would Choose Medicine
Again
Among 277 radiologists responding to a national salary survey conducted this
past summer by LocumTenens.com, only 7% said they were not frustrated about
practicing medicine in today's healthcare marketplace.
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complete article here.(LocumTenens.com, November 24, 2006)
A challenging era for radiology
A number of factors, including a shortage of radiologists, increased procedure
volume and shrinking reimbursements have created one of the specialty's most
challenging eras. The number of new radiologists is increasing by only 2% per
year, according to Dr. Charles Williams, chair of the American College of
Radiology's Commission on Human Resources.
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complete article here.(LocumTenens.com, March 10, 2006)
The teleradiology industry is growing at a fairly fast pace, and the issues and
challenges are emerging just as quickly.
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the complete article here.
In 1992 Congress enacted the Mammography Quality Standards Act which requires
radiologists in the United States to read a minimum of 480 mammograms per year
(240 every six months) to qualify as competent. This number is pretty low when
compared to other countries. For example, in the United Kingdom, radiologists
must read a minimum of 5,000 per year. And in British Columbia radiologists are
required to read a minimum of 2,500 mammograms and take a rigorous continuing
education program specifically targeted at interpreting cancers.
(Source: Happily Ever After, by Beth W. Orenstein, Radiology Today,
Vol. 7 No. 5 P. 34 )
By Frank Levy and Ari Golman
July 2005
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Radiologists are known as the doctors who read images in back rooms. But more
and more, they're putting themselves in front of patients to deliver treatments
that have shorter recovery times and often cost less than their surgical
alternatives. Using X-rays, ultrasound and other imaging techniques,
"interventional radiologists" guide tiny instruments such as catheters through
the body to fix problems, leaving only a nick in the skin. The work is
frequently done on an outpatient basis without general anesthesia.
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Courier)
Radiology Career Trends
"On many nights, detailed body scans of patients at the North Shore Medical
Center in Salem zip through Internet lines to a suburban Minneapolis office.
From there, they might be rerouted to Texas or California, or to France, China,
or India, where doctors study the images for signs of disease."
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Kansas City-area radiologists want one thing to be perfectly clear: It's not
their fault that radiology procedures are driving health care costs through the
roof. It's the family practitioners and other non-radiologists who do too many
scans in their offices just to make a quick buck.
View the complete article here. (The Business Journal
of Kansas City )
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