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Ultrasound use shifts among radiologists, nonphysician practitioners

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Ultrasound use has shifted over the past decade, including whether radiologists, surgeons, or nonphysicians practitioners perform the exams, a study published on December 13 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found. Meanwhile, radiologists had the largest absolute decrease in these settings, from 60.8% for the inpatient setting.

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Automated protocoling algorithm reduces radiologist CT workload

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An automated protocoling algorithm used with a hospital's electronic health record (EHR) software reduces radiologist CT exam workload, a research team from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has reported. Inpatient exams 3.5 The group's work was published January 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. "The

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Radiologists are reading more cardiac CT exams, but not cardiac MRI

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And it appears that radiologists are reading more cardiac CT exams, but not cardiac MRI studies, presenter Mustafa Al-Ogaili, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ, told session attendees. The team tracked volumes by provider type (cardiologists, radiologists, and "other") and practice setting (hospital and nonhospital).

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Imaging Market Share Analysis Shows 28% of Image Interpretation Performed by Non-Radiologists

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Neiman Health Policy Institute ( HPI ) study found that radiologists interpreted 72.1% According to a written study summary released by HPI, market share varied by imaging modality; radiologists interpreted 97.3% Even in the office setting, radiologists interpreted a majority of non-cardiac advanced imaging (84.4% of ultrasound.

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IDR process financially unfeasible for radiologists

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The independent dispute resolution (IDR) process would be financially impractical for many out-of-network claims for radiologists, according to research published January 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. of batched out-of-network claims for radiologists, respectively. and 10.6%, respectively, for radiologists.

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ARRS: Yale emergency radiologist talks automation, resident training, AI

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Automation represents the current value of AI in the hospital emergency department (ED), a Yale University emergency radiologist shared last week at the 124th American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Boston. We diagnose almost 180,000 pathologies as radiologists. It's a lot harder for us to onboard AI," Davis said. "We

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HPI: Almost a third of image interpretation done by nonradiologists

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A team led by Eric Christensen, PhD, research director at the Neiman Institute, reported that radiologists interpreted 72.1% Cardiologists interpret most cardiac imaging, and a greater share [of it] than radiologists for all modalities except cardiac CT," Christensen said in a statement released by HPI. Of these, 88.5 Ultrasound 0.4%